Hi ! Little question, what is the best way to do IO that works on Linux & Windows using Kotlin n...

# kotlin-native

[GauthierPLM]

Hi ! Little question, what is the best way to do IO that works on Linux & Windows using Kotlin native ?

[olonho]

Use POSIX platform library, like in https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlinconf-spinner/blob/7259a4f10488df76b0a4c9977bae2ff190a3bfc7/kotlin-native/samples/fullstack/common/src/main/kotlin/kommon/Kommon.kt#L11

[GauthierPLM]

The POSIX API is available natively on Windows then? Or is this something made by Kotlin team?
Sorry, I never done development for Windows in my life...

[olonho]

some subset of POSIX API is available on Windows

[olonho]

sufficient for file IO

[GauthierPLM]

Okay ! Thank you ! 🙂

[louiscad]

@olonho How can we know which subset is available where?

[olonho]

it's a great question: if not talking about IDE tooling, we could suggest using klib tool, i.e. ./dist/bin/klib contents dist/klib/platform/macbook/posix