Re: newbie to g++

[Paul Pluzhnikov]

"devnew@gmail.com" <devnew@gmail.com> writes:

> hi i am using g++ on windows and trying to learn c,c++..
> i was trying to  make and use user defined libraries and wrote
>
> tom.h
> ---------
> void mylibfn(void);
>
> tom.c
> --------
> void mylibfn(){

Preferred way to say the same thing:

  void mylibfn(void)
  {

[Yes, placement of the '{' matters under certain conditions.]

> printf("my libfn called!\n");
> }
>
> then i made tom.o by
> g++ -c tom.c
>
> and using ar qv  libfruit.a tom.o  i created libfruit.a

So far everything is all right ...
Note that mylibfn() has 'C++' linkage, and is not callable from
straight-'C' code.

>
> i wish to call the mylibfn() from another test.c like
> test.c
> --------

This is missing '#include "tom.h"'

> int main(){
> mylibfn();
> }
>
> how do i compile test.c using g++ ,giving the libfruit.a as argument ?

g++ test.c -L... -lfruit

> for the cc compiler it is something like
> cc  test.c -lfruit -L/home/sharedlib .. but i am bit confused by g++
> options..

g++ generally takes the same options. There are a lot of additional
options, but you don't need them for "basic" stuff.

Cheers,
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