Does 'ar' work with native MS Windows libs?

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Coatimundi wrote:
> 
> I need to break open a library I created with Visual Studio and insert 
> some objects also compiled with Visual Studio.
> 
> Will Cygwin's ar command work for this task?
> 
> Alternatively, is there a Windows tool better suited to this?
> Maybe there's even something that ships with Visual Studio, but I 
> wouldn't expect an answer to that question here.
> 
> Thanks for indulging these newbie questions.  I'm used to working with 
> Linux and am leaning heavily on Cygwin as I start to do some Windows 
> development.

I believe you're looking for "LIB.EXE".  Check out the MSDN and other
Windows development forums for details.

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