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Re: a question about -l option

From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
To: ali hagigat <hagigatali at gmail dot com>
Cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org, binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 09:32:36 -0700
Subject: Re: a question about -l option
References: <CAKKWdtdxc4siww3eEh=9Zd_YvsnNA8W_Lf7qbk2tJahtT1r=Jg@mail.gmail.com>

ali hagigat <hagigatali@gmail.com> writes:

> My question is about the link option, -l. Like, -lrt,  We know that
> librt.a (or librt.so) is the actual file which is searched for. But i
> had a an experience and i saw that if there is no librt.a, other "rt"
> combinations are searched too, like , librtdm.a.

That is not correct, at least not on GNU/Linux or Unix systems.  If you
use -lrt, the linker will search for librt.a and librt.so.  It will not
search for librtdm.a.

Ian

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