POSIX programming in Windows?

jw232 · 10-24-2009, 11:01 PM

Wikipedia says "The UNIX Subsystem is built in to the Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista". Does this mean I can compile POSIX programs in Visual Studio on Vista Ultimate? Well, I just tried that and Visual Studio can't find <unistd.h>

Code:

#include <unistd.h>

int main() {
    char mycwd[255];
    if (getcwd(mycwd, 255) == NULL) {
        perror ("Failed to get current working directory");
        return 1;
    }
    printf("Current working directory: %s\n", mycwd);
    return 0;
}

Codeplug · 10-25-2009, 09:03 AM

I couldn't find that quote...

Closest thing I found: Windows Vista - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Related info:
Porting from UNIX to Win32
/SUBSYSTEM (Specify Subsystem)

http://www.cygwin.com/

gg

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jw232 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 64	POSIX programming in Windows? Wikipedia says "The UNIX Subsystem is built in to the Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista". Does this mean I can compile POSIX programs in Visual Studio on Vista Ultimate? Well, I just tried that and Visual Studio can't find <unistd.h> Code: #include <unistd.h> int main() { char mycwd[255]; if (getcwd(mycwd, 255) == NULL) { perror ("Failed to get current working directory"); return 1; } printf("Current working directory: %s\n", mycwd); return 0; }
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Codeplug Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3,844	I couldn't find that quote... Closest thing I found: Windows Vista - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Related info: Porting from UNIX to Win32 /SUBSYSTEM (Specify Subsystem) http://www.cygwin.com/ gg __________________ How to Ask Questions The Smart Way How to Report Bugs Effectively Last edited by Codeplug; 10-25-2009 at 09:06 AM.
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