nidhi mittal <nidhimittal19@gmail> wrote: ,---- | > hi all i know its not directly related to kernel ...but its the doubt | > i got while kernel programming only ..its in c langugage it wd be kind | > if you accept this ques and answer it i have a doubt regarding linking | > of libraries in c program lets say i have a hello.c C program and | > hello is executable file correspoding to this. | > | > i read that if libraries are linked dynamically then size of | > executable file hello is smaller as compared to the size of executable | > if libararies are linked statically . in my opinion that means that | > in case of dynamic linked library hello does not contain libraries | > with it it is just linked with them. may be hello contain references | > to symbols ...where they are present in linked libraries. | > | > now suppose i transfer this hello file to some other machine but same | > platform which doesnt contain these libraries ....will it work there ? | > i hope it shd not but i have heard ppl say that executable file is | > complete in itself and it works taken anywhere on same platform. | > | > pl clarify .. where i m wrong i know there is some fault in my | > understanding of linking concept but unable to clarify it from | > google... `---- google for "linkers and loaders" that should give you basic ideas, also there always is ullrich-drepper's "how to write shared libraries". just a humble request: can you please avoid 'sms' speak...thanks ! kind regards anupam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
