Subj : Re: create lib in c
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Ed Mulroy [TeamB]
Date : Tue Aug 10 2004 09:36 am

Your question is ambiguous as there are many kinds of 'lib' and ways 
to make them.  Since the IDE has built in help for creating a library 
you should need no help with that so I will assume that you are 
working from the command line with Borland C++ and making a static 
library, a library which contains code, and not a Windows' dynamic 
linked library (a DLL) or an import library for a DLL.

First, nothing special need be done to create a library in C versus in 
C++.  C language source files have the extension .C and C++ ones the 
extension .CPP  When the compiler finishes with the source file it 
creates an object file, a same-name file with an extension of .OBJ 
which contains the compiled version of the code.

A library is a collection of object files placed into one file with an 
added table telling of what object files are in it and what public 
items (symbols) each of the object files provides.

The librarian utility is TLIB.EXE

Assuming that you have 1.obj, 2.obj and 3.obj and wish to create 
MyLib.lib  This command should do it:
  tlib /C mylib.lib +1.obj +2.obj +3.obj

If you later wanted to add 4.obj to the library the command would be:
  tlib /C mylib.lib +4.obj

If you have made a new version of 2.obj and wish to replace it then 
give this command
  tlib /C mylib.lib -+2.obj

This will create a listing of what is in the library
  tlib /C mylib.lib , mylib.lst
  do not overlook the comma in that command line

It is common for there to be so many object files to be added that the 
command overflows the command line.  You can get around that with a 
response file.  For example
  tlib /C mylib.lib @respfile.txt

where respfile.txt contains the following
+1.obj &
+2.obj &
+3.obj &
+4.obj

Note that the & is a continuation character and it must be preceeded 
by a space.  The last line does not have & on it

..  Ed

> sachin jain wrote in message
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>
>i am a new user to this news group. plz could u help me as
> to how to ceate a library in c

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