socket c++

[number87]

So basically I am creating a client/server kind of program. The client/user enters a question eg "Who are you? "
The server part receives this and checks it with a txt file and returns eg "I am a computer" or "Answer not found"

So when i compile and run my program, I type in the question but nothing else happens, the prompt just stays there and no output is seen.

My text file is something like this
What are you?:I am a computer.

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

enum { RECV_PORT = 5000, MSGSIZE = 1024 };
const char fileName[30] = "file.txt";
char* s;
char input[255];
char* result = NULL;
string qns, ans;
socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(sockaddr) ;

int server( int socket_fd )
{
    sockaddr_in my_addr ;
    memset( &my_addr, 0, sizeof(my_addr) ) ;
    my_addr.sin_family = AF_INET ;
    my_addr.sin_port = htons( RECV_PORT ) ;
    my_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY ;

    if ( bind( socket_fd, (sockaddr*)&my_addr, addr_len ) != 0 )
       return 2 ;
	
    ifstream infile(fileName);
    while( true )
    {
	//infile.open(fileName);
			
        char recv_data[MSGSIZE+1] ;
        sockaddr_in client_addr ;

        int bytes_recd = recvfrom( socket_fd, recv_data, MSGSIZE, 0,
                                (sockaddr*)&client_addr, &addr_len ) ;
        if( bytes_recd == -1 ) 
	break ;
	
	else
	
	
	recv_data[bytes_recd] = '\0' ;
	
	{
	
	infile.getline(input,255, '\n');
				
	vector<string> parts;
	string tmpstr(input);
	s = input;	

	result = strtok(s, ":");

	while (result != NULL)  
	{
		if (result != "" && result != ":") 
		{
			parts.push_back(result);
		}

         	result = strtok(NULL, ":");
     	}
		
	qns = parts[0];
	ans = parts[1];
	
	}
	string tmpvar(recv_data);

        cout << "from " << inet_ntoa(client_addr.sin_addr)
                  << ':' << ntohs(client_addr.sin_port) << " - "
                  << recv_data << endl ;
	
	if (tmpvar == qns)
	cout << ans << endl;
	

    }
    return 0 ;
}

int client( int socket_fd )
{
    cout << "Enter Address to connect: " ;
    string address ;
    cin >> address >> ws ;

    sockaddr_in peer_addr ;
    memset( &peer_addr, 0, sizeof(peer_addr) ) ;
    peer_addr.sin_family = AF_INET ;
    peer_addr.sin_port = htons( RECV_PORT ) ;
    peer_addr.sin_addr.s_addr =
             *(in_addr_t*)(gethostbyname( address.c_str() )->h_addr) ;

    string send_str ;
    while( std::getline( std::cin, send_str ) )
    {
      send_str.resize(MSGSIZE) ;
      sendto( socket_fd, send_str.c_str(), MSGSIZE, 0,
            (sockaddr*)&peer_addr, addr_len ) ;
    }
    return 0 ;
}

int main()
{
  int socket_fd = socket( AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0 ) ;
  if( socket_fd == -1 ) return 1 ;
  return fork() == 0 ? server( socket_fd ) : client( socket_fd ) ;
}

[Comatose]

1) make sure you are adding a \n to the end of the data stream (I've found it to work).
2) Install wireshark. Then you can sniff the traffic on that port, and check all incoming and outgoing (ehem) traffic.