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I am trying to link the cspec library into my C project. This is my Makefile located in the tests folder:
all: test
test: sample.o
gcc -Wall -o test sample.o -L ../lib/cspec -llibcspec.a
sample.o: sample.c
gcc -Wall -c sample.c -I../lib/cspec
clean:
rm -rf *o test
My directory is:
/
/src
/lib
/lib/cspec
/tests
When I run make I receive the following error:
gcc -Wall -o test sample.o -L ../lib/cspec -llibcspec.a
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llibcspec.a
I have made sure that the the libcspec.a file is located in the lib/cspec folder but to be sure I have also tried placing it within the tests folder and removing the -L command, to no avail.
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Static libraries belong next to their corresponding dynamic libraries, and in accordance with the FHS. Keep in mind that static libraries are usually only needed to build software, not run it.
When your DLL refers to an external content (like function or variable), it is resolved at linking time - together with all dependencies. But that's all. If your static library has a function named print_sample_string() , but your DLL does not use it, it won't be attached to DLL image.
Change:
gcc -Wall -o test sample.o -L ../lib/cspec -llibcspec.a
to:
gcc -Wall -o test sample.o -L ../lib/cspec -lcspec
(By convention, gcc and other *nix compilers automatically add the lib prefix and the appropriate suffix.)
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