linux - AF_UNIX in windows

Question

I have an application that I wish to use over windows. I am using AF_UNIX family un windows. I wish to know that AF_UNIX family is available in windows. If not then is there any alternate to AF_UNIX ?

Thanks Arpit

Answer 1

Edit: since about 2018, Windows 10 supports AF_UNIX.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/af_unix-comes-to-windows/

Old answer:

Just use TCP sockets, they behave very much like UNIX sockets.

Or you can use named pipes and use WaitForMultipleObjects() instead of select() or poll(). Windows named pipes are not quite like named pipes in UNIX. Windows named pipes are bi-directional and thus more like AF_UNIX sockets than named pipes in UNIX.