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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 19:05:05 +0400
From: egor duda <deo AT logos-m DOT ru>
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To: "Mark Paulus" <commpg AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Can't load/execute soft-linked DLL???
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Hi!

Friday, 21 September, 2001 Mark Paulus commpg AT yahoo DOT com wrote:

MP> Anyway, the library.dll.major.minor.point seems to build ok, and then
MP> it creates a link to library.dll.  However, when I try to run my app,
MP> it tells me that it can't find/load library.dll.  However, when I do a 
MP> copy of library.dll.m.m.p to library.dll, then the app can startup
MP> ok.

MP> Is this a known deficiency within cygwin, or something that needs to 
MP> be examined???

you can't do that. dlls are being loaded by windows kernel, which
knows nothing about cygwin symlinks.

Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19


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