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diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo index d5b865aaa..fe20ddda3 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo @@ -241,10 +241,22 @@ gcc as: @subsection How can I find out which dlls are needed by an executable? -@strong{(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest -net release.)} +@samp{objdump -p} provides this information, but is rather verbose. + +@samp{cygcheck} will do this much more concisely, provided the command +is in your path. + +Note there is currently a bug in cygcheck in that it will not report +on a program in a Windows system dir (e.g., C:\Windows or C:\WINNT) even +if it's in your path. To work around this, supply the full Win32 path +to the executable, including the .exe extension: + +@example +cygcheck c:\\winnt\\system32\\cmd.exe +@end example -objdump -p provides this information. +(Note the windows path separator must be escaped if this is typed in +bash.) @subsection How do I build a DLL? |