DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote: > Hi, >> Could someone please tell me what compilation with > this option -D__CYGWIN32__ means ? It's entirely pointless, since Cygwin's gcc predefines it anyway. (but, note that __CYGWIN32__ is deprecated, use __CYGWIN__ in new code.) Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/