This project has been created as part of the 42 curriculum by juhanse.

🤖 Description

This project is a C++ Web Server implementation that simulates core functionalities of servers like Nginx.
It handles HTTP requests, serves static content, manages multiple server blocks, and supports basic CGI scripts.
Minitalk is a small client-server communication program based on UNIX signals. The goal is to transmit a string of characters from a client process to a server process using only SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2.

Goal: Reliable data transmission using bit-shifting and signal handling.

Features:

• Supports Unicode (UTF-8)
• Multiple simultaneous clients
• Includes an acknowledgment (ACK) system for synchronized communication

🧰 Instructions

Compilation

Use the provided Makefile to compile the project:

make        # Compiles mandatory files
make bonus  # Compiles bonus files (ACK & Unicode support)

Execution

1. Start the server first:

   ./server

   The server will display its PID (Process ID).

2. Run the client in a separate terminal:

   ./client <SERVER_PID> "Your message here"

📚 Resources

References

• Unix Signals: man signal, man sigaction, man kill.
• Bitwise Operations: C Bitwise Operators Guide.
• UTF-8 Encoding: Understanding how multi-byte characters are structured in memory.

AI was used to:

• Code Logic: Clarifying the use of siginfo_t to retrieve the client's PID for acknowledgments.
• Debugging: Troubleshooting "Race Conditions" and signal loss on macOS/Linux environments.