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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:15:43 +0100
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bigsnail wrote:

> When I compile a hello.cpp like below using 
> g++ -shared -o hello hello.cpp
> It successfully compiles but when I run ./hello, it complains:
> -bash: ./hello: Permission denied

> If I compile by "g++ -o hello hello.cpp", it runs well.

  "-shared" doesn't mean what you think it means.  It's not the opposite of
"-static":

-static => link against runtime static libs, not DLLs.

<nothing, default>
        => link against runtime DLLs, not static libs


-shared => compile this application as a DLL, not an exe!


    cheers,
      DaveK


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