Windows unistd.h replacement

unistd.h

#ifndef _UNISTD_H
#define _UNISTD_H    1

/* This file intended to serve as a drop-in replacement for
 *  unistd.h on Windows.
 *  Please add functionality as neeeded.
 *  Original file from: http://stackoverflow.com/a/826027
 */

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <io.h>
#include <getopt.h> /* getopt at: https://gist.github.com/bikerm16/1b75e2dd20d839dcea58 */
#include <process.h> /* for getpid() and the exec..() family */
#include <direct.h> /* for _getcwd() and _chdir() */

#define srandom srand
#define random rand

/* Values for the second argument to access.
   These may be OR'd together.  */
#define R_OK    4       /* Test for read permission.  */
#define W_OK    2       /* Test for write permission.  */
#define X_OK    R_OK    /* execute permission - unsupported in Windows,
                           use R_OK instead. */
#define F_OK    0       /* Test for existence.  */

#define access _access
#define dup2 _dup2
#define execve _execve
#define ftruncate _chsize
#define unlink _unlink
#define fileno _fileno
#define getcwd _getcwd
#define chdir _chdir
#define isatty _isatty
#define lseek _lseek
/* read, write, and close are NOT being #defined here,
 * because while there are file handle specific versions for Windows,
 * they probably don't work for sockets.
 * You need to look at your app and consider whether
 * to call e.g. closesocket().
 */

#define ssize_t int

#define STDIN_FILENO 0
#define STDOUT_FILENO 1
#define STDERR_FILENO 2
/* should be in some equivalent to <sys/types.h> */
typedef __int8            int8_t;
typedef __int16           int16_t; 
typedef __int32           int32_t;
typedef __int64           int64_t;
typedef unsigned __int8   uint8_t;
typedef unsigned __int16  uint16_t;
typedef unsigned __int32  uint32_t;
typedef unsigned __int64  uint64_t;

#endif /* unistd.h  */

there's no getopt.h file. I get a 404 for that link ==

Me too

@johnropper100, @Horacehxw I found this https://gist.github.com/ashelly/7776712 at this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/341817/is-there-a-replacement-for-unistd-h-for-windows-visual-c

get the getopt.h file here:
http://ieng6.ucsd.edu/~cs12x/vc08install/getopt9.zip
@Horacehxw @johnroper100