On Jan 19 08:48, Henri wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at> cygwin.com> writes:
> > On Jan 18 18:10, Henri wrote:
> > > Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at> cygwin.com> writes:
> > > 
> > > > There's no firewall involved if a simple socket call goes wrong.
> > > > For AF_LOCAL Cygwin opens an AF_INET socket, but which is unbound
> > > > until you call bind or connect.
> > > 
> > > s/AF_INET/AF_UNIX/ ????? (sorry for my intrusion)
> > 
> > AF_UNIX == AF_LOCAL.  Not available on Windows so needs emulation.
> > The emulation uses local-only AF_INET sockets.
> 
> You are correct ... I simply misread your communication.
> 
> What POSIX refers to as AF_LOCAL, and SUSv3 refers to as AF_UNIX, is
> an 'Unix Domain socket' ... and of course, that type of socket needs
> to be emulated on Windows.
> 
> Clear. Sorry for the noise ...

No worries, it's better asking if something's unclear.


Corinna

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