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Subject: RE: Is it possible to convert a ".so" file to a ".a" file?
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Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 16:52:00 -0500
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sven Köhler [mailto:skoehler AT upb DOT de]
> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 3:14 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: Is it possible to convert a ".so" file to a ".a" file?
> 
> 
> > But if I understand you correctly, you were given ".so" 
> binary files. 
> > You won't be able to just take compiled Linux code and run it in 
> > Cygwin: Cygwin is not UNIX.. Cygwin is a UNIX-like wrapper around 
> > Windows. Cygwin is not an emulator for Linux binaries.
> >
> > Or maybe I misunderstood.
> 
> 
> i think you didn't misunderstood him, but as an .so-file only 
> contains 
> some compiled code and links to other libraries, an .so-file 
> may be made 
> compatible to cygwin.
> but this is to complicated, and i would recomm him, to use a 
> remote-shell.

... even though the .so comes from LINUX? It's implied that's where his .so comes from.





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