From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Axel Siebenwirth Subject: (fwd) .so, .a and .o-files Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:34:20 +0200 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20020815153420.GA10981@prester.freenet.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Sorry, I haven't seen my mail get to the list. So here goes it again. ----- Forwarded message from Axel Siebenwirth ----- Hi, I have some stupid questions. What makes the difference between .o and .so files? What is their use? Is it just a naming convention? When I want to link libraries to a program I am compiling, of what format do the libraries have to be? I have found out that .a files are archives created with ar. What is that for? Many thanks and my best regards, Axel Siebenwirth ----- End forwarded message ----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs