Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] question: how to use copydlldeps.py and what it is?

[Volker Grabsch]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for that explaination.  Maybe we should add this (and other)
descriptions of the tools to the website?

Any voluteers for pull requests for index.html?


Regards,
Volker


Martin Müllenhaupt schrieb:
> Hi Hamza,
> 
> On Wednesday, June 03, 2015 10:50:58 PM Hamza Alloush wrote:
> > does it dependancy walk all dll's required for exectable to ship as
> > standalone program?
> 
> Yes, that's its purpose. 
> 
> > how do i use it?
> 
> You invoke it with 
> copydlldeps.py TARGETDIR \
>   -C CHECKDIR \
>   -L LIBDIR
> 
> It will copy all needed dll files into TARGETDIR directory.
> All PE files (eg .dll and .exe) in -C specified paths will be checked for 
> their dependencies. All needed .dll files will recursively be searched in the 
> -L paths.
> 
> For example if you build your executable in '/path/to/mypath' and want to 
> copy 
> all needed dlls from '/path/to/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.shared/bin' into its 
> directory, you will invoke it with 
> copydlldeps.py '/path/to/mypath' -C '/path/to/mypath' -L 
> '/path/to/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.shared/bin'.
> 
> I hope it works for you.
> 
> Martin Müllenhaupt
> 

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Volker Grabsch
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