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

In the linker options, where one adds libraries, I have this:

C:/Dev-Cpp/lib/libws2_32.a

for my winsock2 projects


----- Original Message -----
From: "Manoj Sharma" <sha...@ro...>
To: "Dev-C++" <dev...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 7:13 PM
Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] Trouble compiling winsock programs.


> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your prompt responses!
>
> I should have mentioned in my earlier that I did try adding the -lwsock32
> option to the linker command line.I tried it once again though and the
> result was the same as before.The undefined reference error to WSAStartup
> error still shows up.
>
> Also I would like to run this a stand alone  file (not a project). Any
> suggestions?
> Thanks in advance once again for your help.
>
> Regards,
> Manoj.
> http://manoj_sharma0.tripod.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Abhijit Shylanath [mailto:mu...@gm...]
> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 2:57 PM
> To: Manoj Sharma; Dev-C++
> Subject: 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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