hi ,

i am looking at alot of the linux externals out there and remeber that i was going to try to get some of these externals compiled with cygwin for such *nix functions as "pthreads", and *nix style file directories . However, i seem to be having problems figuring how exactly to compile these externals with the cygwin1.dll , or rather to use it. I know that some how i need a .lib file or equavlent to link with , what i dont know is how to create one . So i was just posting to see if any one had this kind of knowledge available to them and could help me out .

thanks .

joge .