The error messages I am receiving are as follows:
C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Local\Temp\ccQAKGQO.o:Lab7Server.c:(.text+0x49): undefined reference to `WSAStartup@8'
C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Local\Temp\ccQAKGQO.o:Lab7Server.c:(.text+0xd6): undefined reference to `getaddrinfo'
C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Local\Temp\ccQAKGQO.o:Lab7Server.c:(.text+0xf7): undefined reference to `WSACleanup@0'
As far as I understand, this is because I am not linking to the library "Ws2_32" when compiling Lab7Server.c. However, after attempting to understand how to link using gcc (-L, -o, etc) I am walking myself in circles and still getting the error. I understand there is a way in Visual Studio to link the correct library, but I also cannot find the option to do that. I have attempted to look at the properties of the file, however, that was just entirely blank. What am I doing wrong here?
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>
#include <winsock2.h>
#include <ws2tcpip.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "Ws2_32.lib");
#define DEFAULT_BUFLEN 512
#define DEFAULT_PORT "27015"
int main(void){
WSADATA wsaData;
SOCKET ConnectSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
struct addrinfo *result = NULL;
struct addrinfo hints;
int iResult;
int recvbufflen = DEFAULT_BUFLEN;
// Initialize WinSock
iResult = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsaData);
if (iResult != 0) {
printf("WSAStartup failed with error: %d\n", iResult);
return 1;
}
ZeroMemory(&hints, sizeof(hints));
hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
// Resolve the server address and port
iResult = getaddrinfo(NULL, DEFAULT_PORT, &hints, &result);
if ( iResult != 0 ) {
printf("getaddrinfo failed with error: %d\n", iResult);
WSACleanup();
return 1;
}
}
NOTE: Code is incredibly incomplete but I would like to know how to link libraries before I move on.