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On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, DJ Delorie wrote:

> > How can GCC automatically look for necessary libraries in another
> > folder and its subfolders?
>
> The -L option adds one directory to the search path.  There is no
> single option to add an entire directory tree.
>
> 	gcc *.o -L../foo -lfoo -o my.exe
>
> This only works with libraries specified with "-l" though, which must
> be named (for the example above) "libfoo.a".
>
> The usual convention, though, is to use a Makefile and provide the
> full path to the library through it, so you just type "make" and all
> those really long command lines "just happen" :-)

If you're creating your own libraries and want to store them separately
from the standard ones, then I recommend creating a directory for that
purpose and adding the path to the DJGPP.ENV file.

Under the section [gpp] there is an env variable called LIBRARY_PATH.
Just add your library path to it and from then on the library will be
available for all your projects while still being stored separately from
the djgpp standard libraries.

Similarly with include files.

Good luck
DSK