know if .lib is static or import

by

Use the lib command. If it’s static, lib will show you a pile of .obj files inside. Not so if it’s am implib.

lib /list foo.lib

will do it.

Also see:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/managing-a-library

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