.so files

[stavefan]

Hi all

ok, are .so files the same as .dll files under windows?

If so, does any one know where i can find a tutorial on how to create .so files using C++?

thanks,
stavefan

[DMR]

Pretty much, .so files are shared libraries, .a files are static libraries.

I don't do much programming, but here a couple of suggestions:

As for Linux programming, check out some of the recommended books in the LNO Bookshelf's Development (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/bookshelf/bs-5.html) section.

For info on using gcc (the C/C++ compiler) to compile libraries, try GNU's gcc pages (http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/).

You might also get more responses if you post this in the Programming forum.

[ 04 May 2001: Message edited by: DMR ]

[tiw]

a .so is a shared library, it can be linked at link time, therefore in the application, or you can link at run time, which would be equal to a .dll.
To create a .so all you have to do is something like this:

gcc -o object.o sourcecode.c
gcc -shared -o object.so object.o