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Reply-To: "Paul Strugnell" <strugnp1 AT cs DOT man DOT ac DOT uk>
From: "Paul Strugnell" <strugnp1 AT cs DOT man DOT ac DOT uk>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Is it possible to convert a ".so" file to a ".a" file?
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 14:33:18 -0000
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Hi

I am trying to work on a University lab exercise from home, and because my
computer doesn't have Linux I am using Cygwin.  The library files I have
been given are of the ".so" format, which I can't use in Windows.  Can I
convert them to ".a" files?  Is there any way at all to do this?

I am currently using the following command line:
gcc -I/cygdrive/c/labs/CS2021/lab1/incl -L/cygdrive/c/labs/CS2021/lab1/lib -
lm -lmbrot mandelbrot.c -o m.exe
(where mbrot refers to the shared object file "libmbrot.so" in the ...../lib
folder)

Thanks
Paul



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