Most of this chapter focuses on theory and concepts. However, we do introduce some sample programs near the end. To compile these programs, you will need a good C compiler. We recommend MinGW on Windows and GCC on Linux and macOS. See Appendix B, Setting Up Your C Compiler On Windows, Appendix C, Setting Up Your C Compiler On Linux, and Appendix D, Setting Up Your C Compiler On macOS, for compiler setup.
The code for this book can be found at: https://github.com/codeplea/Hands-On-Network-Programming-with-C.
From the command line, you can download the code for this chapter with the following command:
git clone https://github.com/codeplea/Hands-On-Network-Programming-with-C
cd Hands-On-Network-Programming-with-C/chap01
On Windows, using MinGW, you can use the following command to compile and run code:
gcc win_list.c -o win_list.exe -liphlpapi -lws2_32
win_list
On Linux and macOS, you can use the following command:
gcc unix_list.c -o unix_list
./unix_list