are .a files the same thing as .lib files? if not, how can i get dev-c++ to create .lib c libraries?
thanks
kagey
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2002-11-11
Hi there!
In general .lib means the same as .a, but .a is for gcc and .lib is normally used by VC++ and Borland. You can try to rename .lib to .a, cross your fingers and hope that it works... ".a" is a simple archive for compiled code. You can't create .a from Dev-C++ (unless I missed an option). Search for "ar", the gnu archiver which can do that job for you.
Hope that helped a little...
Bye
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are .a files the same thing as .lib files? if not, how can i get dev-c++ to create .lib c libraries?
thanks
kagey
Hi there!
In general .lib means the same as .a, but .a is for gcc and .lib is normally used by VC++ and Borland. You can try to rename .lib to .a, cross your fingers and hope that it works... ".a" is a simple archive for compiled code. You can't create .a from Dev-C++ (unless I missed an option). Search for "ar", the gnu archiver which can do that job for you.
Hope that helped a little...
Bye