Unix Domain Sockets are common to both Mac and Linux. These have been used for 
many years very successfully on both platforms. Apple used to have a pretty 
good sample app that makes use of them - may still have, but a search just now 
doesn’t show it. Perhaps Quinn might have info on its current availability. 

The only “problem” with Unix Domain Sockets is that they are one-to-one. As 
with all socket connections, the first reader gets the packet. If you need 
something that multiple readers can get, then something else is needed. 
Otherwise, this is a very good solution to IPC.

- Jack Brindle



> On Mar 11, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Rick Mann <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> In this case, my need was to use an SDK from Linux on my Mac so I could do 
> most of the development on the Mac, but in the end run on the (embedded) 
> Linux system.
> 
>> On Mar 11, 2015, at 11:09 , Shawn Erickson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> When I see a quest like this I often found it is better to step back and ask 
>> what your real need is? What are you trying to do? etc. On Mac OS X the 
>> primary method – these days – for IPC is to leverage XPC.
>> 
>> xpc(3) Mac OS X Developer Tools Manual Page
>> unix(4) Mac OS X Manual Page - Apple Developer
>> 
>> (note the following TN doesn't look update for XPC)
>> UNIX Domain Sockets Are Your Friend
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 4:04 AM, Rick Mann <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Any chance OS X supports (or would support) abstract sockets?
>> 
>> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/unix.7.html
>> 
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