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Re: Linking with libraries
From: |
Allan Wind |
Subject: |
Re: Linking with libraries |
Date: |
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:58:47 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
On 2008-02-14T14:24:46-0800, Travis wrote:
> What is a .a file?
It an archive of (multiple) object files. Use the ar command to examine
it.
> I am looking to use this library such that when I do a #include
> "mylib.h", it knows where to find that library and compile against it.
The manual page for gcc discusses this, and here was one of the first
hits I got for a search on the subject matter:
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/faq8_22.html
/Allan