AIX CLI application compile and link options

The compile and link options in this topic are recommended by Db2 for building CLI applications with the AIX® IBM® C compiler. They are demonstrated in the sqllib/samples/cli/bldapp build script.

Compile options:

xlc

The IBM C compiler.

$EXTRA_CFLAG

Contains the value "-q64" for 64-bit environments; otherwise, contains no value.

-I$DB2PATH/include

Specify the location of the Db2 include files. For example: $HOME/sqllib/include

-c

Perform compile only; no link. This script has separate compile and link steps.

Link options:

xlc

Use the compiler as a front end for the linker.

$EXTRA_CFLAG

Contains the value "-q64" for 64-bit environments; otherwise, contains no value.

-o $1

Specify the executable program.

$1.o

Specify the object file.

utilcli.o

Include the utility object file for error checking.

-L$DB2PATH/$LIB

Specify the location of the Db2 runtime shared libraries. For example: $HOME/sqllib/$LIB. If you do not specify the -L option, the compiler assumes the following path: /usr/lib:/lib.

-ldb2

Link with the Db2 library.

Refer to your compiler documentation for additional compiler options.