Linux Socket Bind Program Won't show with netstat
 

The following program runs and compiles after doing the following:
$g++ inetaton.cpp -o inetaton
$./inetaton

The only problem is that the output doesn't appear when I run netstat in the program. The output is supposed to be the following:
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.23:9000 *:* CLOSE 1007/inetaton.

Instead I get nothing. Netstat can't find the tcp socket.


HERE IS THE CODE: :Pengy:

//inetaton.cpp
//EXAMPLE USING INET_ATON(3)

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

//THIS FUNCTION REPORTS THE ERROR AND EXITS BACK TO THE SHELL
static void bail(const char *on_what)
{
fputs(on_what, stderr);
fputc('\n', stderr);
exit(1);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int z; //STATUS RETURN
struct sockaddr_in adr_inet; //AF_INET
int len_inet; //LENGTH
int sck_inet; //SOCKET

//CREATE SOCKET
sck_inet = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);

if( sck_inet == -1 )
bail("socket()");

//ESTABLISH ADDRESS
memset(&adr_inet, 0, sizeof adr_inet);

adr_inet.sin_family = PF_INET;
adr_inet.sin_port = htons(9000);

if( !inet_aton("127.0.0.23", &adr_inet.sin_addr) )
bail("bad address");

len_inet = sizeof adr_inet;



//BIND ADDRESS TO THE SOCKET
z = bind(sck_inet, (struct sockaddr *)&adr_inet, len_inet);

if( z == -1 )
bail("bind()");

//DISPLAY OUR SOCKET ADDRESS
system("netstat -pa --tcp 2>/dev/null | grep inetaton");

printf("exiting program\n");

return 0;
}

you need to call listen() after bind() to put socket into LISTEN state.

thanks.... that worked
the output says:
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.23:9000 *:* LISTEN 1007/inetaton.
It there, perhaps, anyway to get the output to say close instead of listen?
It's not necessary, but just for learning purposes:
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.23:9000 *:* CLOSE 1007/inetaton.