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Hi,

I have to write some C routines and package them as a .so file and hand
it over to our Java team for use as JNI interface to our existing
application.

My question is How to make a .so file on a Solaris 2.6 system and where
can I get more information regarding this ?

Also is it good to put each C API in one .so file or put all of them in
one .so file for use by Java ?

Your help and suggestions are highly appreciated.

Thank You.

Sanjay.

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        To make a shared library just compile all the object files with -fPIC,
then link with a command like:

        gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libfoo.so.y -o libfoo.so.y.x *.o

        More information:

        man gcc
        man ld
        ELF-HOWTO

Quote:

> Also is it good to put each C API in one .so file or put all of them
in
> one .so file for use by Java ?

        In my opinion you can put each C API in an object file (.o)
and then link all to create a library (.so)

        Carlos Nava

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Hi.

On link step:
gcc -G <....> -o libname.so <....> or maybe
gcc -shared <....> -o libname.so <....>

Quote:

> Also is it good to put each C API in one .so file or put all of them in
> one .so file for use by Java ?

I think 1 .so library is better as many :)

Best regards,
Dmitry