compiling for a windows system

[Oobu]

Hey all,
I have written a C program on a UNIX system and I want to distribute it to a few friends that are running Windows. I assume that I have to compile for windows in a different manner. Can gcc do this or do I need to download a windows compiler? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Salem]

The easiest thing is to get dev-c++

http://www.bloodshed.net/,

which is a version of gcc for windows, with a nice IDE wrapped around it (same idea as visual c++).

Since it's gcc underneath, you shouldn't have too much trouble compiling the code if you've only used standard header files. If there's a lot of UNIX specific header files, then it will be a harder exercise.

If there's too much UNIX dependency in the code, and you don't fancy the porting exercise, then consider

http://www.cygwin.com/.

The downside here being you also have to distribute some DLLs with your program (with dev-c++, its just the executable).

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[Oobu]

Thanks a lot for the help!