[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am new to using the winsock programs. I am having problem in creating the > runtime binaries using the socket programming with winsock API. > > The error message received on the console is :- cannot find -lwinsock32 If you are compiling a _cygwin_ program and use standard posix socket functions there is no need for -lanything because all of the socket functions are handled by the Cygwin DLL. If you are compiling a mingw application (i.e. you include -mno-cygwin on your gcc command line) then you will have to add -lws2_32 or -lwinsock. However, "winsock32" is not the name of any valid mingw library so that will not work. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
