Re: [Dev-C++] [Help] Unable to link lots of object files

[Luigi S. <gi...@li...>]

On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 01:36:56AM +0100, Tom Craig wrote:
> [...]
> my system refuses to link all of the project's object files.
> [...]
> 
> Does anyone know of any way to circumvent this desperately frustrating
> problem? Is there, for example, a way to combine object files so I have
> fewer of them? 
> 
> [...]
> 
> --Tom

Hello Tom,

you could try to add your object files to a (static) library
using the program Ar. I'm sure that you already know how it
works, however, for the sake of completeness, here is a simple example.

Assuming you wish to add the file "foo.o" to the not yet existing
library "libexample.a", type:

   ar -qs libexample.a foo.o

('q' tells to append foo.o, 's' tells to make an index)

To list what is in the library, use

   ar -t libexample.a

And you should see the sole "foo.o"

Now to append another file, say "bar.o", type:

   ar -q libexample.a bar.o

('s' is no longer required, since an index exists, it will be
automatically updated).

Again, to see what's in the library, use

   ar -t libexample.a

Finally, to make your executable:

  gcc -o big_prj.exe main.o libexample.a  

Regards
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