A socket example where the client act as the server by waiting for data and printing it

reverse_client.c

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

#define REMOTE_ADDR "127.0.0.1"
#define REMOTE_PORT 4444

int main(void)
{
    int sock_fd;
    struct sockaddr_in remote_addr;
    char buf[1024];
    ssize_t ret;

    if ((sock_fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Socket creation error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
        return 1;
    }

    bzero(&remote_addr, 0);
    remote_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
    remote_addr.sin_port = htons(REMOTE_PORT);

    if (inet_pton(AF_INET, REMOTE_ADDR, &remote_addr.sin_addr) == -1) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid address: %s\n", strerror(errno));
        return 1;
    }

    if (connect(sock_fd, (struct sockaddr*)&remote_addr, sizeof(remote_addr)) < 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Connection error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
        return 1;
    }

    while ((ret = recv(sock_fd, buf, 1023, 0))) {

        buf[ret] = '\0';
        printf("%s\n", buf);
    }

    if (ret == 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Connection closed by remote host\n");
        return 1;
    } else if (ret == -1) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Receiving error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
        return 1;
    }

    return 0;
}