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Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 11:56:09 -0400
To: "Jay West" <jwest AT classiccmp DOT org>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Will using cygwin help with back-linking?
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At 11:22 AM 4/6/2004, you wrote:
>I've googled and searched the cygwin FAQ, if my question is already answered
>there perhaps someone can at least tell me what term to search for as
>"back-linking" didn't seem to offer germane tips?
>
>I'm new to cygwin. I have a Unix application I'd like to go through and make
>sure it can also compile and run on a windows machine with cygwin. The Unix
>application relies on "back-linking" with regards to dlopen'able modules.
>Specifically, any dlopen'able module needs to have access to any variables
>defined globally in the calling application. On Unix, when the module is
>dlopened by the main program, it's references to global variables in the
>main program are all resolved then.
>
>>From my googling and reading, I am told Windows does not support this
>concept of "back-linking". So I was wondering if loading cygwin on the
>machine will provide this feature, or am I left with totally restructuring
>the application to stuff the global variable definitions into a library?
>
>Any tips in the right direction are most appreciated!


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