Misc #12474
Updated by naruse (Yui NARUSE) over 6 years ago
## fork(2)
Windows already has related features like `CreateProcess`, but for servers and workers fork is required for source code compatibility of existing scripts,
which are written for Unix.
## nonblocking IO
* To check socket's availability by `IO#read_nonblock` https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/1089
* `O_NONBLOCK`
## Signal
Windows doesn't support true Signal.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us//library/xdkz3x12.aspx
## tz
Get IANA timezone name of current timezone from OS.
## Remove a file which is opened by another process
If the process opens the file with `CreateFile` with `FILE_SHARE_DELETE` flag, another process can remove the file.
But in that case processes can't remove its parent folder.
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11218
## symlink
Windows has mklink and SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege, but it has some limitations.
http://k-takata.o.oo7.jp/diary/2013-04.html#03
https://twitter.com/n0kada/status/570232516545638400
## fd
### Generic handling of file, pipe, socket by fd
### fd passing to child process other than 0,1,2
### Get access mode from fd/HANDLE
### System side append mode
### a high performance selector API
https://tonyarcieri.com/a-gentle-introduction-to-nio4r
## socket
`CloseHandle` should work with socket.
## writev(2)
https://twitter.com/okuoku/status/670212493134852097
https://msdn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/library/windows/desktop/aa365749%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
## ANSI color code
http://srad.jp/story/16/02/09/0639223/
## UNIXSocket
We can emuate UNIXSocket with named pipe?