Compiling C on Windows with gcc ... -lWs2_32

Asked Sep 01 '18 at 14:11

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I am wanting to compile c through the command prompt on Windows.

I have the following file main.c:

#include <stdio.h>

#ifdef _WIN32

int main () {
    printf("Windows\n");
    return 0;
}

#else

int main () {
    printf("*nix\n");
    return 0;
}

#endif

And I follow these steps:

open cmd
$ gcc -o testprog.exe main.c -lWs2_32
$ testprog.exe

Output is *nix

I have installed MinGW and setup the path to gcc. I have also tried using __MINGW32__. What do I need to do?

edited Sep 01 '18 at 19:18

jwdonahue

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asked Sep 01 '18 at 14:11

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Related, but not a duplicate: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9025708/mingw-not-defining-win32-error-in-preprocessor-directives#9026009 – Jens Mühlenhoff Sep 01 '18 at 14:26
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It works just fine on MSYS2. – Jens Mühlenhoff Sep 01 '18 at 14:34
What versions of the tools are you using? – jwdonahue Sep 01 '18 at 19:19
What's the output of `g++ --version` (verbatim)? – HolyBlackCat Sep 01 '18 at 19:31
@HolyBlackCat `g++ (GCC) 7.3.0` – Wizard Sep 02 '18 at 02:04

Compiling C on Windows with gcc ... -lWs2_32

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