From: shane AT caraveo DOT com (Shane Caraveo)
Subject: Re: CYGWIN.DLL and VC5
19 Dec 1997 15:39:16 -0800
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To: Gene Buckle <u-gwb AT nta DOT com>, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
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> Is it possible to use the cygwin.dll with Visual C 5?  I've got a project 
> I'm working on that I need to be able to access some of the non win32 
> functions (setitimer(), etc).  I really can't use gcc to build with as 
> I've got way too many pre-compiled libraries to work with.
> 
> Thanks.
> g.

In most cases you can easily port to something vc has.  Use settimer 
in place of setitimer.  There are very few functions you should have 
a real problem porting (fork, accept, fcntl, signal, and a few 
others).

Shane

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