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AIX linking 101

Gary Hook (ghook@us.ibm.com), Senior Technical Consultant, IBM

Gary R. Hook is a senior technical consultant in the Solutions Development Group at IBM, providing application development, porting, and technical assistance to independent software vendors. Mr. Hook's professional experience focuses on Unix-based application development. Upon joining IBM in 1990, he worked with the AIX Technical Support center in Southlake, Texas, providing consulting and technical support services to customers, with an emphasis upon AIX application architecture. Now residing in Austin, Mr. Hook was a member of the AIX Kernel Development team from 1995 through 2000, specializing in the AIX linker, loader, and general application development tools.

Summary: Are you writing or porting applications to AIX? Get a quick introduction to the most commonly used features of the linker and loader, plus practical tips and techniques. This short tutorial from AIX expert Gary Hook focuses primarily on the library search path.

Date: 03 Apr 2002
Level: Intermediate
PDF: A4 and Letter (39 KB | 11 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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This ends the first in a planned series of tutorials that provide simple, practical suggestions on the use of the AIX linker and loader. Watch for the next tutorial, AIX linking 102, where I'll offer some practical suggestions on the most common issues surrounding runtime linking, slibclean, and whatever else space permits.

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