Programming and posix getting started

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Linking with Libraries - Syntax
• -lfoo means link with library libfoo.a
– -lc is included in link by default
• -Lpath tells where library is located
– -L/lib -L/usr/lib is included in link by default
• Link with libsvipc archive library
> c89 -o hwcgi hwcgi.c -lsvipc
• Link with libsvipc shared library
> c89 -o hwcgi hwcgi.c -WL,XL=/lib/libsvipc.sl
– -WL switch specifies shared library
– must specify full pathname