From: Keith M. <kei...@to...> - 2006-07-28 21:22:06
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Amar Vemanaboyina wrote: > I am a new user of mingw. I am using MingW for Eclipse IDE. > I have to include *.lib files to get my work done. I had referred > many documents to link *.lib files through mingw. I couldn't find > one. I came to know that there are ways to link *.dlls, but i > couldn't find one for the purpose mentioned above, that is, > linking of *.lib files. > > can any one help me out with this. gcc ... -L/path/to/lib/file -lfoo ... will find a library called `foo.dll', `libfoo.a' *or* `foo.lib', (and a few others besides); the precise search order has been reported on this list within recent months -- please search the archives. Another (perhaps longer) way is to simply specify the full path name of the library: gcc ... /path/to/lib/file/foo.lib ... As always, take care to specify source, object modules and libraries in the proper order; libraries *must* be specified *after* the sources and object modules which refer to them. HTH, Keith. |