Port UNIX sockets to windows without winsock. Really?

Question

I have some code that using UNIX sockets. But I need to compile it for winodws(using mingw32 on mac os x) but I don't want to use winsock because I'm worried about compatibility! Is there is a way to use UNIX sockets on windows?

Answer 1

If you stick to the BSD API that Winsock provides then you wont have that many problems. A small amount of start up and shutdown code will be Windows specific but most of the socket code will be cross platform.

Answer 2

I'd suggest looking into cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/), they make every effort to be compatible. However, I have no idea how you would cross-compile for that environment on Mac OSX.