I don want Unix sockets, how do I use normal Win32 winsock?
To use the vanilla Win32 winsock, you just need to #define __USE_W32_WINSOCK and #include “windows.h” (or “winsock2.h” at the top of your source file(s). You may find it easier to add “-D__USE_W32_WINSOCK” to the CFLAGS settings in your makefile, if you are using one, as this will then apply to all your source files. It is also worth using “#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN” before you include the windows header file, as this will prevent it from pulling in lots of header files for all sorts of unrelated windows APIs when all you want is the Winsock definitions; again, this could be set for the entire project in your CFLAGS. You’ll also need to add -lwsock32 to the compiler’s command line (or the makefile’s list of link libs) so that you link against libwsock32.a.
