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Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 18:08:49 -0800
From: Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Library error using -lsocket and -lnsl
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David Moy wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to compile a C file but I get an error when using options
> -lsocket and -lnsl. How do I fix this?
> 
> $ gcc client.c -o client -lnsl -lsocket
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
> cannot
> find -lnsl
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

AFAIK, all of the socket functions are provided by the standard Cygwin
compatibility layer, i.e. cygwin1.dll.  There is no libnsl or libsocket
in Cygwin.  Try simply "gcc client.c -o client" and see if that works.

Brian

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