Re: pgsql: Enable Unix-domain sockets support on Windows

From: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-committers <pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgsql: Enable Unix-domain sockets support on Windows
Date: 2020-06-26 12:21:29
Message-ID: CAA4eK1KARhb46yDoSuDW6kM0U6efKqRwyMrnr1SMes=_+1jcWA@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 7:37 PM Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org> wrote:
>
> Enable Unix-domain sockets support on Windows
>

+
+/*
+ * Windows headers don't define this structure, but you can define it yourself
+ * to use the functionality.
+ */
+struct sockaddr_un
+{
+ unsigned short sun_family;
+ char sun_path[108];
+};

I was going through this feature and reading about Windows support for
it. I came across a few links which suggest that this structure is
defined in <afunix.h>. Is there a reason for not using this via
afunix.h?

[1] - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/af_unix-comes-to-windows/
[2] - https://gist.github.com/NZSmartie/079d8f894ee94f3035306cb23d49addc

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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