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'sys/socket.h' in MingW32

I'm trying to compile my client server program with MingW32, but I'm getting the error:

no sys/socket.h

So the compilation was terminated.

How can I solve this problem?

Solution

  • That file does not exist on Windows - to use networking sockets, you'll have to use Winsock. Fortunately, it's very similar to UNIX's Berkeley sockets.

    If it saves you any time, I've written a thin socket wrapper that compiles on both Windows and *nix systems. You can find it here.