Thread: g++ why is -L not working?

Whenever I put my dll files in the same directory as my main.cpp and use this code,

Code:

g++ main.cpp -L. -lMyDll

it works.

but if my dll files are in the other directory,

Code:

g++ main.cpp -L/myDlls -lMyDll

it won't work. Why is this not working?