|  | Level: Intermediate Gary Hook (ghook@us.ibm.com), Senior Technical Consultant, IBM
12 Sep 2002 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.
In this tutorial
- AIX introduction
- Library search path
- More linker options
Prerequisites
Before you begin, you should have a working knowledge of application architecture, including shared modules (or shared libraries). You should also understand the role played by the linker in application construction.
After completing this tutorial, you will understand:
- How to make effective use of the LIBPATH environment variable
- How LIBPATH interacts with the linker
- How to direct the linker when creating loader information in a module
- How the kernel finds dependent modules
- How to effectively use certain linker command line options
System requirements
None.
Duration
2 hours
Formats html, pdf
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