simonh
4/19/2006 6:09:00 PM
hi all. can someone please explain what these different file types are?
I am using winxp and when looking in 'c:\ruby\lib' directory I see
msvcrt-ruby18-static.lib
msvcrt-ruby18.lib
then in 'c:\ruby\lib\ruby\1.8\i386-mswin32'
stringio.so
win32ole.so
curses.so
etc
the '.so' file are shared objects i think? does the 'digest.so' allow
me to use md5 and sha1 checksums on its own?
why do i have 'curses.so' but curses examples will not work unless i
have pdcurses.dll in my bin directory.
question is: when does a win32 user need a .dll and when are they ok
just with a .so or .lib?
any explanation appreciated.