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From: "Roy Clemmons" <roy_clemmons AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Why 2 DLL names?
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:50:42 -0600
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libxxxxxx.dll.a is the import library
cygxxxxxx-1.dll is the dll

Read
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/dll.html
for a more complete explanation.Thanks for the reply. Unless I missed
it, I still don't understand why the shared lib was created a "cyg"
prefix and a -1 suffix. But, be that as it may, can I rename the dll
to be the correct name?Roy

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