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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Tue, 21 Sep 1999 16:28:33 -0400
To:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Cc:	Apsmms001 AT aol DOT com, cygwin users <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject:	Re: help.... socket
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In-Reply-To:	<19990921191535.19718.rocketmail@web129.yahoomail.com>; from Earnie Boyd on Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 12:15:35PM -0700

On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 12:15:35PM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>--- Apsmms001 AT aol DOT com wrote:
>> earnie,
>> 
>> I need your assistance
>> 
>> How come this one work on the unix machine and does not work on the bash.
>> I am still using the b19.
>> 
>> gcc server.c -o server -lsocket -lnsl
>> 
>> Message:  /cygnus/b19/H-I386~1/i386-cygwin32/bin/ld.exe: cannot open 
>> -lsocket:   no such file or directory.
>> 
>
>I believe it is the fact that UNIX sockets don't exist and that you'll have to
>use the Winsock.  Search the archives for other posts to this.
>
>Anyone else have a better answer?

Yes.  There is no "libsocket.a" library for cygwin.  It's not required.

It's not a standard library and is not available on a number of UNIX
platforms.

-chris

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