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Linking with Libraries - Syntax

• -lfoo means link with library libfoo.a
-lc is included in link by default
• -Lpath tells where library is located
-L/lib -L/usr/lib is included in link by default


• Link with libsvipc archive library

> c89 -o hwcgi hwcgi.c -lsvipc     

• Link with libsvipc shared library

> c89 -o hwcgi hwcgi.c -WL,XL=/lib/libsvipc.sl      

-WL switch specifies shared library
must specify full pathname