Re: documentation on MinGW

Robert Miles <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 23:05:22 -0600
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At least two of those are versions of Linux programs with names that are 
similar but without the ".exe", so documentation on Linux should gibe 
you more information.

Some commands that offer information are:

help.exe
man.exe

Robert Miles

Make sure that you don't confuse MinGW with MinGW64.

On 3/10/2021 6:55 PM, Syd wrote:
> Finding a forum for MinGW isn't easy! I hope this message gets to a 
> working forum/list.
> After installing MinGW I find quite a few tools in the MinGW folder 
> such as ar.exe, as.exe, ld.exe, and objdump.exe as well as a few 
> others. I have no clue how or why they should be used, and I can find 
> no documentation on these exe files anywhere.  I think I know what 
> objdump.exe does, but it might be nice if I could find some sort of 
> documentation on it's use. So far I've found nothing at all!  I hope 
> someone has a clue about this documentation situation.
> syd
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">At least two of those are versions of
      Linux programs with names that are similar but without the ".exe",
      so documentation on Linux should gibe you more information.</div>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Some commands that offer information
      are:</div>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">help.exe</div>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">man.exe</div>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Robert Miles<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Make sure that you don't confuse MinGW
      with MinGW64.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/10/2021 6:55 PM, Syd wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Finding a forum for MinGW
          isn't easy! I hope this message gets to a working forum/list.</div>
        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">After installing MinGW I find
          quite a few tools in the MinGW folder such as ar.exe, as.exe,
          ld.exe, and objdump.exe as well as a few others. I have no
          clue how or why they should be used, and I can find no
          documentation on these exe files anywhere.  I think I know
          what objdump.exe does, but it might be nice if I could find
          some sort of documentation on it's use. So far I've found
          nothing at all!  I hope someone has a clue about this
          documentation situation.</div>
        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">syd<br>
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