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From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: How can ld be used stand alone?
Date: 04 Sep 2000 17:09:18 -0700
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"Hax" <hax AT no-junk-please DOT haxware DOT co DOT uk> writes:

> Can anyone out there tell me how I might use ld as a stand alone linker -
> i.e. not use gcc as the linker.  If I understand correctly, gcc simply calls
> ld with the correct command-line options.
> 
> For example, if I had two files main.c and process.c and process.c made a
> call to printf, after compiling with gcc, using the -c flag, what would I
> need to include in the linker script.  I've had a go at this, and assume
> that I need to include libc.a, but when using the command line:
> 
> ld -o test.exe -Lt:\djgpp\lib -lt:\djgpp\lib\libc.a main.o process.o
> 
> I get the error message:
> 
> T:/DJGPP/BIN/ld.exe: cannot find -lt:\djgpp\lib\libc.a

-l requires merely part of a filename.  Given -lFOO, it will link
libFOO.a from wherever it's found in the search path.  Hence you want

-Lt:\djgpp\lib -lc

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Nate Eldredge
neldredge AT hmc DOT edu