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Kesavan, RamKumar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to Cygwin and have a couple of questions.
> 
>  
> I have a Unix application which I have to port on Windows using Cygwin.
> 
> 1] Are there any best practices for doing this.


Nothing I can recommend.  Just compile, link, and go.  If there's issues,
you'll see them in this process.


> 2] Secondly, if my application is using some 3rd party libraries then
> should I have the windows versions of these 3rd party libraries.
> What I mean is if my application is using say a shared object XYZ.so on
> linux then to be able to compile my application on Windows using Cygwin,
> can I use the same XYZ.so from linux or do I need to have XYZ.dll 


You need to have Windows DLLs or libraries.


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A: Yes.
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