From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ales Pour <pour@princip.cz>
To: pthreads-win32@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Thank you guys, thank you!
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 04:17:00 -0000
Message-id: <3976DFD5.64FCB73F@princip.cz>
References: <200007200917.TAA08139@pyrmont-nh.nsw.cmis.csiro.au>
X-SW-Source: 2000/msg00049.html

>         Now for some additional question: how is it possible to compile
> against the pthread.lib, not the DLL, to produce a (more) static
> executable, so that I don't have to ship pthread.dll? Sorry if this
> is an elementary question, I'm new to this.

As far as I know, .lib files are import libraries that doesn't contain
any code (which resides in according .dll); there's no way to have win32
static binary as we know it from unix...

>         Also, does anyone know of a useful implementation of the
> fork() Unix system call ?

Have a look at CreateProcess().

>         And finally, does anyone know of an implementation of
> POSIX shared memory scheme for windows?

Don't know, sorry.

Regards,
	Ales