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From: Andre Cameron <AndreC AT pvg DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: RE: newbie - cygwin1.dll error
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 08:31:18 -0500
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>>I have managed to get gcc to compile a program, but when I try and run it
>>(by double clicking the .exe in explorer) I get the following error:

>>A required .DLL file, CYGWIN1.DLL, was not found

>this dll comes with the package called "cygwin".  The latest version 
>is
>1.1.5-7.  It's pretty hard to do anything in cygwin without it.

>John


Do a search of your cygnus dir and copy the cygwin1.dll to the directory
where your .exe is then you will be able to run the program out side of
cygwin shell.

-Andre

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