Question

Use a Unix/Linux environment develop and test a C/C++ program that accepts one argument which is supposed to be a URL, analyzes the input argument and prints its components on the terminal.

For example, if the input was the string

then the output should look like the followings:

Protocol:       https

Domain: adsadas.edu

Port:               80

File path:       /directory/faculty/people.html

Parameters: name=Robert

the program should print out an error message that would help the user to locate the errors, e.g.

Invalid URL with following erroneous components:

Protocol:       hpptz is not a valid protocol.

Port:               port number must be between 1 and 65535

Answer 1

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