problem socket

[28poGNh0]

why my compiler did not recognize this header <sys/socket.h>
and how to result this problem
thanks a lot for reading

[TarikNeaj]

Do you use windows? Because <sys/socket.h> is for UNIX/Linux.

[28poGNh0]

yes thanks
tell me how to fix that problem
do I need to download a new library

[TarikNeaj]

I found the answer in 10 seconds just by googling it. So a tip is, always google/youtube your problem before posting in forums, so no one times has to be wasted.

The solution is suggested in this thread - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22432910/makefile-error-sys-socket-h-no-such-file-or-directory-under-windows

[Computergeek01]

OP wrote:

So a tip is, always google/youtube your problem before posting in forums, so no one times has to be wasted.

There is a certain circular dependency there... Never the less, I applaud your new found sense of independence. The only thing I would like to add is that you should define 'WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN' before including 'Winsock2.h' (EDIT: Preferably just set this at the top) so that no other Windows headers, such as 'Windows.h', try to bring in 'Winsock.h' which will have conflicting definitions with it's successor.

[TarikNeaj]

Just to clarify, I didn't find my sense of independence. The sense of independence found me.

[28poGNh0]

@TarikNeaj : I always google.. before posting anything in this website only to avoid topic duplication so that others(@Duoas for exp..) save valuable time instead of writing the backacked F.A.Qs:)

@Computergeek01 : I read about headers conflits ,cross-platform and some sort of third-party ... I did not got that . in one of stackoverflow's pages I found this lines wich correct the problem after of course resolving the linking problem generated by socket function

#ifdef __WIN32__
# include <winsock2.h>
#else
# include <sys/socket.h>
#endif 

Edit : problem resolved

finaly thnks both of you hope for more new info