snprintf() in cygwin.

[Gary V. Vaughan]

On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 07:19:29PM +0100, Jens Yllman wrote:
> I'm trying to port a UNIX program to cygwin. And this program uses 
> snprintf(). And this function does not seem to be in cygwin. 

There is a complete reimplementation of the whole *printf* API on
my homepage which compiles very nicely on cygwin. 

> finding it it looks for the g_snprintf() that is in glib. And I guess
> that this is glibc. And I wonder then if someone has compiled glib/glibc
> for cygwin.

No, glib used to be part of the GTK+ widget set, but was split out into
a separate library.  I did compile it for cygwin a year ago or so, but
it was quite difficult then, and has become worse since the
introduction of a thread component.

>  Is there any good sites/FAQ about how to use autoconf/automake under
> cygwin.

They all come with comprehensive info manuals, and you can pick apart
just about any GNU tarball to see how it all fits together.

> I've never used them under UNIX eather. So any info about how to
> use them and how to compile/use them under cygwin is welcome.

You first need to install a cygwin port of perl for automake, but then
autoconf, automake and libtool all work out of the box.  libtool can
even create dlls and import libraries with a little work,  again my
snprintfv library is a good example of how to set up a project to
compile as dll on cygwin and an elf shared lib on unix.

Cheers,
	Gary.
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