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MINITALK
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Minitalk is a project from the 42 Network focused on creating a simple communication system between two programs using Unix signals. The challenge involves implementing a message transfer protocol and demonstrating the usage of signals to send and receive data, which enhances understanding of process control and inter-process communication.

🚀 Features

• Allows communication between two programs using Unix signals.
• The client sends a string message, and the server prints it.
• Focuses on understanding signals, processes, and message encoding.
• Provides an introduction to low-level inter-process communication in C.

🛠️ Getting Started

Prerequisites
To get started, ensure you have the following installed:

• A C compiler like gcc
• make for building the project
• A UNIX-like operating system (Linux/macOS/WSL)

  git clone https://github.com/your-username/minitalk.git

  cd minitalk

After cloning the repository, run the following command to compile the project:

  make

To start the server, use the following command:

  ./server

To send a message from the client to the server, use the following command:

  ./client <server_pid> <message>

• <server_pid>: The PID of the running server.
• <message>: The message you want to send.

To remove the compiled files:

  make clean

💡 Concepts Covered

• Unix signals (SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2)
• Process management and PID handling
• Encoding and decoding messages via binary representation

🔗 Useful Links

• Signal Handling in C