• Prem Sobel (8/8) Dec 28 2018 I am using the Digital Mars C/C++ compiler installed with
• Adam D. Ruppe (9/12) Dec 29 2018 I believe that function (indeed, that whole header file) is part

Prem Sobel <premsobel earthlink.net> writes:

I am using the Digital Mars C/C++ compiler installed with 
dm852c.zip for Windows.

Function mkfifo() is in header file <sys/stat.h> but is NOT 
implemented in any of libraries (confirmed by: grep mkfifo -r 
c:/dm).

Is this an oversite? Was the static library accidentally left 
out, and is available for download? Can anyone recommend how to 
proceed? Thanks in advance.

Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:

On Friday, 28 December 2018 at 23:15:04 UTC, Prem Sobel wrote:
 Function mkfifo() is in header file <sys/stat.h> but is NOT 
 implemented in any of libraries (confirmed by: grep mkfifo -r 
 c:/dm).

I believe that function (indeed, that whole header file) is part 
of POSIX, which Windows isn't a part of. The function - as far as 
I know anyway - is not part of any standard Windows library.

On Windows, you can call the CreateNamedPipe function

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/winbase/nf-winbase-createnamedpipea

Which does the same concept, though notice that on Unix, it is 
part of the filesystem, and on Windows, pipes have a separate 
namespace.