includes and binary code

[Sean Middleditch]

On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 19:08 +0100, soraberri wrote:
> I think my problem is a concept failure:
> When I include in my programs a #include <afile.h> I am telling the 
> compiler to look for afile.h and paste the code in my program. So far so 
> good. But the header file usually only holds definitions and not the 
> implementation of the functions, so what I don't understand is how can 
> the system (compiler) know where and how to find the library or the 
> piece of binary code that actually implements the functions defined in 
> the afile.h
> 
> hope this is a very simple question for you

You tell the compiler to include the library using -l.  For example,
   gcc -o test test.c -lsomelibrary
Please read the GCC documentation instead of asking the list. (Which
isn't even the right list to ask user questions - this list is for
developing the Fedora distribution.)

> 
> regards
> 
-- 
Sean Middleditch <elanthis at awesomeplay.com>
AwesomePlay Productions, Inc.