Re: [Dev-C++] Trouble compiling winsock programs.

Greets, Manoj.

> I am trying to compile a simple winsock program using Dev-C++ and get the
> following error
> [Linker error] undefined reference to WSAStartup@8. I tried generating my
> own libwsock32.a   library using the wsock32.dll on  my system with the
help
> of the dllwrap utility and linking it to my program by copying the
generated
> .a file to the lib directory but the error stayed the same.

Just because a file is present in the `lib' directory, doesn't mean that
it'll be linked in. You need to add it to your the list of libraries the
linker must add. Add `-lwsock32' to the linker command-line. Any lib by the
name `libfoo.a' in the `lib' directory has to/can be linked in using -lfoo.

HTH.

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