Multi-Platform TCPIP programming.

Lo All,

I have to do a program for college where the same code works on both a linux and windows platform. Aswell as this it needs to send a small string of data between two computers, using TCP/IP.

Im using MS Visual C++ on the windows platform and GCC in linux,
the thing I need to know is what header file would I be able to use on both system for the TCP/IP code.

It would be better if I could use and ANSI standard header file.

My tutor told me to use TCPIP.H but MSVC doesnt seem to have it, I'm not sure if GCC does.

Any ideas?

Thanks in Advance....

COiN

Hm, it has been a while but winsock or something to that effect for Windows and ... oh what was it... something similar I believe on Linux... sorry I can't remember but look up socket programming and such I believe.... anyway, it isn't standard. There is no network or interprogram communication standard in C/C++. You'll have to be tricky and use #ifdef and #else 's to accomplish this I think. If not, please post again how you accomplished this. :)

Hmm...it would be easy with Java.


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Sockets are a common question on the Windows Programming section. Run a search there for many tutes ect.

In windows I think you need winsock2.h and / or WS2TCPIP.H

WSA is a good topic to search the MS help.