GCC C/C++ application to run on Windows

[Francois, Jean (J.L.)]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:02:20AM -0700, keith smith wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm thinking of writing a small application that can run on both Linux
and Windows written in GCC C/C++ that will utilize MySql running on
Linux .
> 
> Initially I need the application to run on Windows XP or Vista and
connect to the Linux box to access MySql.
> 
> Is it possible to write an application using GCC that will run both on
Linux and Windows?? If so what should I be looking into?
> 
> Is there a better approach? 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Keith
> ------------------------

- Compile on Linux with GCC
- Compile on MS-Windows after installing CYGWIN[1] with GCC
- Test.

[1]  http://www.cygwin.com/

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