From: "Damian Yerrick" <web DOT poison AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com>
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Subject: Re: How to create a library?
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 20:38:57 -0500
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dodger <dodger AT softhome DOT net> wrote in message
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> I've been using DJGPP to help me learn platform independent C++
> (or as close as I can get it anyway).

Properly written C++ that compiles under DJGPP will be
portable to any flavor of *n?x.

> I've recently created a simple parse class (C++) that I want to
> distribute as a library (mainly so that I can learn how to create
> libraries and distribute them).  After talking to a few friends, I've
> determined that what I want to do is compile my code to a .lib file

Under GNU tools such as DJGPP, a library is not .lib but .a

> and then distribute it along with the .h header file.  But since none
> of them know DJGPP, they can't tell me exactly how to do that.
>
> I've been poring over the command-line documentation (what I can find,
> can find, anyway), but I can't seem to find what I'm looking for.

DJGPP's "librarian" is called ar. This program that archives
.o (modules) into .a (libraries).

> Can somebody tell me what I need to do
> or at least point me in the right direction
> where I can find some information on this?

Search the GNU docs for "ar"

> Learning C++ is time consuming enough, but trying to learn how to use
> compilers often seems like a daunting task.  (The bulk of my
> programming experience is with all-in-one development enviroments.)
>
> - Shawn

You could try looking at what the "other" Shawn did when he
wrote the makefile to build liballeg.a (the Allegro library).
http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/


Damian Yerrick
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