Hi all! I'm just starting to play around with Kotlin Native for a command line utility tool. I'm tr...

# kotlin-native

[Ardian]

Hi all!

I'm just starting to play around with Kotlin Native for a command line utility tool. I'm trying to figure out how to make a fork system call but I don't think the fork function is available. However, I see it being mentioned in the below SO posts. Is there something I'm missing?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57190228/using-kotlin-native-how-can-i-execute-an-external-os-executable-or-path-comman
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51460921/kotlin-native-execute-an-executable

[Artyom Degtyarev [JB]]

Hello, @Ardian! This function should be presented in posix platform library, try import platform.posix.fork

[Ardian]

Hi @Artyom Degtyarev [JB], I tried that but I'm getting error:

Unresolved reference: fork

[Artyom Degtyarev [JB]]

Okay, let me ask you some additional questions. What is your Kotlin version, and what platform are you targeting here?

[Ardian]

kotlin 1.3.72 and I'm targeting mingwX64 (Windows)

[Artyom Degtyarev [JB]]

I see. No, I’m afraid platform libraries for mingw target don’t have a fork, as it is not across the headers.

[Ardian]

Ah... I guess that explains why then. Well, thanks for your help!

[napperley]

Ardian - If you were using a Unix based Kotlin Native target like linuxX64 then the fork function should be available (aka an import away).

[Ardian]

Hi @napperley! This tool I'm building is intended for Windows users.