Re: Where to find basics on creating a shared library?

[Eray Ozkural (exa)]

address@hidden wrote:
> 
> I have tried a few examples on building a shared library, under SUN SOlaris 
> but
> I have problems linking to it at
> run time, unless I preload it.
> Where can I find the correct procedures/examples to
> learn about coding/linkling my own shared library?

The only substantial difference of a library from an executable
is that a library has multiple arbitrary entry points. Under
Solaris, if you have built your shared library correctly you
will only have to include the shared lib paths in LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
variable.

The real problem with shared libraries is that on every platform
you go about a different way of building/linking them. For that
purpose, GNU libtool package may help you.

Thanks,

-- 
Eray Ozkural (exa) <address@hidden>, 
Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara
www: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo
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