At 11:22 AM 4/6/2004, you wrote: >I've googled and searched the cygwin FAQ, if my question is already answered >there perhaps someone can at least tell me what term to search for as >"back-linking" didn't seem to offer germane tips? > >I'm new to cygwin. I have a Unix application I'd like to go through and make >sure it can also compile and run on a windows machine with cygwin. The Unix >application relies on "back-linking" with regards to dlopen'able modules. >Specifically, any dlopen'able module needs to have access to any variables >defined globally in the calling application. On Unix, when the module is >dlopened by the main program, it's references to global variables in the >main program are all resolved then. > >>From my googling and reading, I am told Windows does not support this >concept of "back-linking". So I was wondering if loading cygwin on the >machine will provide this feature, or am I left with totally restructuring >the application to stuff the global variable definitions into a library? > >Any tips in the right direction are most appreciated!
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