creating dll's using gcc?

my question is how to create dll's using the gcc compiler (the one installed
with Dev-C++ editor)?? what I'm trying to do is create dll's to be used by the
java native interface under MS windows....thanks in advance

Dev-C++ allows you to create a DLL project.

If you're planning to do it via the console, there's alot of switches involved:

Code:

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  gcc -c hello.c
  gcc -c -DBUILD_DLL dllfct.c
  dllwrap --output-lib=libtstdll.a --dllname=tst.dll --driver-name=gcc dllfct.o
  gcc -o hello.exe hello.o -L./ -ltstdll

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I grabbed that off the MinGW page.