UDP Sockets in C

Question

I\'m working on a homework problem for class. I want to start a UDP Server that listens for a file request. It opens the file and sends it back to the requesting client with

Answer 1

Keep in mind that UDP is connectionless. It only sends packets, and is not suitable for sending files - unless the entire content fit in one UDP packet.

If you anyway want to send/receive UDP packets, you simply call sendto/recvfrom with the appropriate addresses.