dev-cpp-users

[Dev-C++] fork

[Tejas K. <t4...@ya...>]

Hi,

Can I use fork() in Dev C++ on windows? I installed it
on windows and I cannot run simple program with fork.

I have absolutely no idea how to run. I know i can
download cygwin or mingw, but not sure whether that
will enable running programs with sockets and fork()
processes.

Regards,
Tejas Kokje
University of Southern California

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Re: [Dev-C++] fork

[Andres R. <lo...@ho...>]

> Hi,
> 
> Can I use fork() in Dev C++ on windows? I installed it
> on windows and I cannot run simple program with fork.

No. Windows does not support fork directly. You must do some
code porting to make it work. (fork->CreateProcess I think..)

> 
> I have absolutely no idea how to run. I know i can
> download cygwin or mingw, but not sure whether that
> will enable running programs with sockets and fork()
> processes.

Cygwin can compile your program without modifications.
But then again, one must have cygwin1.dll in the system
in order to run that program.

Oh, and sockets need also some porting magic ;)

> Regards,
> Tejas Kokje
> University of Southern California
> 

Regards,
Andres Rand

Re: [Dev-C++] fork

[A. K. <kli...@we...>]

Tejas Kokje wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Can I use fork() in Dev C++ on windows? I installed it
> on windows and I cannot run simple program with fork.
> 
> I have absolutely no idea how to run. I know i can
> download cygwin or mingw, but not sure whether that
> will enable running programs with sockets and fork()
> processes.

You will need cygwin if you want to use fork()
And due to constraints in windows, you can only emulate it to 95% or so, 
not every behaviour will be the same like in Unix

Alex