Using unistd.h in windows

All the posix stuff unistd, fork, GNU C compiler The function fork is not a standard Win32 function and I'm not sure if it is available in 3rd party libraries for windows.

Similarly, fork is not supported on Windows. It uses a different mechanism for creating processes. But fork is still an unsupported function in Windows. As far as I know there is no simple replacement in windows:. If you do work on Windows, then this thread can help to understand the problem - "Is there a replacement for unistd.

It is available in third-party libraries; for example, CygWin jumps through a number of hoops to emulate fork on windows, but it's not exactly the same thing, but close enough for many uses.

Note: this is not a recommendation. Thanks for the replies. You will probably get some errors then about missing functions. Check then if the missing functions are defined in other Windows specific header files and include those instead io.

For functions that does not exist with Windows, check if there are similar functions and use those or just remove the calls. But all these requires that you understand the code.

Alternatively you can search the web for a Windows port of the unistd. Posted Sep am Jochen Arndt. It worked for me. Posted Sep pm SkydraTM. Please don't, instead focus on current question ONLY - there are always plenty waiting for help.

Posted Sep am Member Richard Deeming Sep pm. As already mentioned last year in solution 4. Add your solution here. OK Paste as. Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML. Existing Members Sign in to your account. James e. James k 39 39 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Eelke Spaak Eelke Spaak 2 2 silver badges 2 2 bronze badges. The point was not having to re-write the existing code to use Boost or some other parser.

I wanted to create a version for my workplace environment which is fixed on VS Marduk Marduk 5 5 silver badges 12 12 bronze badges. The equivalent of unistd. It serves a similar funciton, but it is not a drop-in replacement. Proper answer for me, I was in need of usleep, which I found as Sleep.

I wrote "equivalent" not "drop-in replacement". Look into windows. DLL versions. DLL may be identified as specified in For MS compatibility. DLL version in use. This is needed to work around GCC's limitations in handling dllimport attribute.

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