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I am interested in creating some shared libraries to be executed on a
Solaris box.  I believe that the files which I need to create are called
.so files, but I can't find much information on them.  Can anyone point
me in the right direction?

If you are interested, the reason I need to create theses files is to
enable a ColdFusion application to make system calls, which will in turn
talk to a Netscape directory server (via LDAP) for authentication
purposes.  Presumably, these shared libraries could also be used in Perl
scripts for a similar function.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ryan Hope

Specifically, check out the -G option for creating shared libraries.

Also, if you're using the Sunsoft C/C++ compilers, you need to use the -KPIC
option on your compiles.

--
Bob

|> Sun folks,
|>
|> I am interested in creating some shared libraries to be executed on a
|> Solaris box.  I believe that the files which I need to create are called
|> .so files, but I can't find much information on them.  Can anyone point
|> me in the right direction?
|>
|> If you are interested, the reason I need to create theses files is to
|> enable a ColdFusion application to make system calls, which will in turn
|> talk to a Netscape directory server (via LDAP) for authentication
|> purposes.  Presumably, these shared libraries could also be used in Perl
|> scripts for a similar function.
|>
|> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|>
|> Ryan Hope

|>

Quote:>I am interested in creating some shared libraries to be executed on a
>Solaris box.  I believe that the files which I need to create are called
>..so files, but I can't find much information on them.  Can anyone point
>me in the right direction?

Rod.

                ld -dy -G -o <sharedlibname> <list of objects .o>

        ld is the linker. Option -dy enables dynamic mode and -G
        creates shared libraries. It's as simple as that.

        In order to use a shared library, it must reside on
        /usr/lib or you must have the environment variable
        LD_LIBRARY_PATH pointing to where the library should be.
        There is still another way around it: you can compile your
        applications using the -R flag. -R <path> tells the linker
        where to find the shared library when it's needed (this
        path is included in the executable code).

        If you ever find a way to append objects to a shared
        library, please tell me.

        Hope this helps,

                                        Eduardo Pinheiro