#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/uio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

#define SERVER_PORT 15432
#define TCP_BACKLOG 10
#define SERV_BUFFER_SIZE 16384
#define RESP_BUFFER_SIZE 8192

// function declarations:
int          main                        (int argc, char **argv);
void         start_socket_listener       ();
void         process_request_and_respond (int acceptedsocket, char *servbuffer);
char       * parse_reply                 (char *servbuffer);

extern int existing_children;
extern int forks;
extern int decs;
extern int clients;