fixes EACCESS error with .sock (UNIX domain sockets) on Windows. Uses named pipes instead.

Author: miira42

lib/forever.js

@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ function getAllProcesses(callback) {
     var fullPath = path.join(sockPath, name),
         socket = new nssocket.NsSocket();
 
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+      // it needs the prefix
+      fullPath = '\\\\.\\pipe\\' + fullPath;
+    }
+
     socket.connect(fullPath, function (err) {
       if (err) {
         next(err);

lib/forever/worker.js

@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ Worker.prototype.start = function (callback) {
         self.exitOnStop && process.exit();
       });
 
+      if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+        //
+        // On Windows, delete the 'symbolic' sock file. This
+        // file is used for exploration during `forever list`
+        // as a mapping to the `\\.pipe\\*` "files" that can't
+        // be enumerated because ... Windows.
+        //
+        fs.unlink(self._sockFile);
+      }
+
       self.monitor.stop();
     });
 
@@ -110,6 +120,21 @@ Worker.prototype.start = function (callback) {
       'sock'
     ].join('.'));
 
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+      //
+      // Create 'symbolic' file on the system, so it can be later
+      // found via "forever list" since the `\\.pipe\\*` "files" can't
+      // be enumerated because ... Windows.
+      //
+      fs.openSync(sock, 'w');
+
+      //
+      // It needs the prefix, otherwise EACCESS error happens on Windows
+      // (no .sock extension, only named pipes with .pipe prefixes)
+      //
+      sock = '\\\\.\\pipe\\' + sock;
+    }
+
     self._socket.listen(sock);
   }