Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 16:49:39 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Juan M. Lopez" <jmlopez AT dcom DOT upv DOT es>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Dubts
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On Fri, 15 Mar 1996, Juan M. Lopez wrote:

> I am a new GCC user. I want to know how
> to compile my own libraries and use them 
> later in my programs.
> 
> I have some .H and .C files but I do not
> know how I can compile them only one time
> and leter use them for other main program.

Compile all of the sources to produce .o object files:

	gcc -c file1.c
	gcc -c file2.c
	gcc -c file3.c
	...

Then put them into the library:

	ar rvs libmylib.a file1.o file2.o file3.o ...

Then use them to link your programs:

	gcc -o myprog myprog.c .... -lmylib