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From:	brucef AT central DOT co DOT nz (Bruce Foley)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: How do I create my own libraries ?
Date:	Sat, 20 Jul 1996 19:30:17 GMT
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akroev AT sn DOT no (Arne Knut Roev) wrote:

>No, I am not working on a new libc. I am simply writing a number of
>more or less useless ;-) functions, and I would like to add them to
>a library of my own.

>How do I do this, using djgpp ver. 2.0 ?

> ( And, while we are at it, how do I use the library, once I have
>   created it ?)

>I have tried to find this info in the info-files, and in the FAQs,
>but so far I have not been able to locate any relevant info.

>BTW: I'm talking C, _not_ C++.

Use the "ar" utility.

after building the objects that you want to include in the
library, use the following command:

ar rs mylib.a myobj1.o myobj2.o....

BTW, I was wondering, when a program uses a function
from a library, does the whole library get linked, or just
the function you are calling?

Regards, Bruce.

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