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I have a question about UNIX. I found that there are lots of files with .so suffix in usr/lib directory. What does it mean? I need libX11.a, but I do not have it. I have libX11.so and libX11.so.5.0. Are they related? Could I transfer .so to .a? How would I do that? Thanks.


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".so" means "shareable object", and you can use a .so file inplace of a .a file if you tell the linker it is ok. On the Sun, you do this by specifying the "-Bdynamic" switch to the linker, ld. In general, type "man ld" or "man cc" to find out what to do.

Mooney


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