[ale] Don't flame me -- More Info

[Eric Z. Ayers]

Chris Fowler wrote:

> I've tried this and it does not work!
> 
> I like the cygwin environment.  In fact, I don't think I'll port to 
> win32 at all!
> 
> How can I issue a shutdown in W2K in cygwin?  I want to do it in code.
> 

> You'll want to ask this on the cygwin mailing list.  Go to redhat's 
> web site to find it.  And check the mailling list archives first.  
> Some of the most knowledgeable folks are, unfortunately, not too nice 
> when someone asks a FAQ.


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vernard Martin [mailto:vernard at cc.gatech.edu]
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:13 AM
> To: Cade Thacker
> Cc: Eric Z. Ayers; 'ale at ale.org'
> Subject: Re: [ale] Don't flame me -- More Info
> 
> 
>  > How do I compile this file, so that my prof can run it on her computer
>  > that does not have the cywin dll?
> 
> Hrm. I don't think that is possible under windows. What you 
> effectively want is
> a "static" executable that includes the code itself and all the 
> libraries that
> it needs to run. you can do that under unix usually with some compiler 
> option
> such as "-static" or somesuch. I would check to see if the compiler 
> you are
> using with cygwin (mostly likely gcc) has this option and what it does 
> under
> the windows platform.
> 
> hope this helps
> V
> -- 
> Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu) 
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