l.civinini@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi all, > I'm trying to make static linking in order to obtain a java executable > to use on a device with few hardisk space. > I created a simple java that made > only a "System.out.println" and after c > ompiling I obtained am executable file > of 29 MB. Is it possibile to > shrink the size of executable? Am I doing > something worng? > This is the command that I'm using. > > gcc -o Foo Foo.o Foomain. > i -shared-libgcc -Wl,-non_shared -lgcj -Wl,-call_shared -lsupc++ -Wl,--as- > needed -lz -lgcc_s -lpthread -lc -lm -ldl -Wl,--no-as-needed It's difficult. The nature of the Java library is such that a lot of stuff is required, and you'll find it gets linked in. SOme folks on the gcc list have done work in this area, but it's tricky. Andrew.