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.

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.