I'd like to write a very simple CLI monitoring too...
# kotlin-nativee
Edoardo Luppi
07/07/2023, 5:13 PMI'd like to write a very simple CLI monitoring tool for personal use, on Windows.
Does K/N offer some kind of pre-made library for Windows APIs? Like, a wrapper, or types.
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kevin.cianfarini
07/07/2023, 5:16 PMKotlin native provides posix platform bindings out of the box. https://kotlinlang.org/docs/native-platform-libs.html#posix-bindings
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Edoardo Luppi
07/07/2023, 5:27 PMBut isn't POSIX different from Win32?
I've seen references to a package called
platform.windowsplatform.posixk
kevin.cianfarini
07/07/2023, 5:28 PMI haven’t personally done mingw development, so I can’t be sure, but if a
platform.windowskevin.cianfarini
07/07/2023, 5:28 PMYup, almost certainly included by default as seen in Okio. https://github.com/square/okio/blob/master/okio/src/mingwX64Main/kotlin/okio/Windows.kt#L21-L29
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Edoardo Luppi
07/07/2023, 5:29 PMPerfect, sounds good to me, thanks!
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