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From:	Andrew Schulman <schulman DOT andrew AT epa DOT gov>
Subject:	Re: Running a program in Cygwin that was compiled in Linux
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> I have installed Cygwin 1.7 on my Win 7 machine.  
> I have a set of programs that were compiled 
> on a Linux machine using the G77 fortran compiler.  
> These programs will not compile with the 
> Gfortran compiler that comes with Cygwin 1.7.  
> Can I just copy the compiled objects over to my 
> Cygwin directory on my windows machine?  

No, unfortunately that won't work.  Surprisingly I can't find this in the
Cygwin FAQ, but right on the home page of cygwin.com, it says:

Cygwin is not:

* a way to run native Linux apps on Windows. You must rebuild your
application from source if you want it to run on Windows.

Sorry.
Andrew


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