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Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 09:21:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Alireza Ghasemi <ali DOT foolad AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: .a to .lib converting
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On Wed, 25 May 2005, Alireza Ghasemi wrote:

> Hello,
> I want to use some cygwin .a libraries with other environments(like VC++) as
> static .lib files.is this possible?

Yes.

> Can I convert .a files to windows static libraries?

Yes.

> If possible,what program do I need?

This was discussed before, though I'm not sure what the correct search
terms would be.  I believe you can simply use "mv libblah.a libblah.lib".
<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_3.html#SEC103> might help, too.
	Igor
P.S. Your space key seems to be malfunctioning...
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