GCC Linking Problem

["Peng, Chuck C" <Chuck dot C dot Peng at BHPBilliton dot com>]

I got a GCC linking problem that many of you must already have answers.
Appreciate your help if you can

It worked for a simple program
       g++  -o test.exe -O -lnetcdf -lm 

It can not find functions in the netcdf library for a complex program
       g++ -o appl.exe -O  < a lot of libraries and object files> -lnetcdf
-lm

But it worked for this:
       g++ -o appl.exe -O  < a lot of libraries and object files>  -lm
/usr/local/lib/libnetcdf.a



Chuck Peng
Email:  Chuck.C.Peng@bhpbilliton.com


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