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Re: documentation question
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: Jim Beecher <jbeecher at oneendlessloop dot com>
- Cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:28:01 -0700
- Subject: Re: documentation question
- References: <4F65395B.8000707@oneendlessloop.com>
Jim Beecher <jbeecher@oneendlessloop.com> writes:
> Is there documentation on how to create '.lib' (library) files in the
> GCC docs-- or is this covered in 'make' docs? I have read the gcc.pdf
> manual and found nothing on creating a library. I would like be able
> to make libraries via WinAVR (through the IDE, that is-- is this
> possible already?).
The compiler does not make libraries. On Unix or GNU/Linux libraries
are created using the ar command, which is not part of the compiler. I
assume that on Windows there is some similar command, but I don't know
what it is. You may do better to ask on a Windows mailing list.q
Ian