using libraries with ld (1)

[Andrew Koenig]

>> Some versions of "ld" support the "-Llibpath" option to specify an
>> additional directory to search for libraries.
>> 
>> You can always just name the library in the "ld" or "cc" command:
>> 	cc -o myprog myprog.o mysub.o mylib.a -lm -lplot

> I was under the impression that libraries specified in the way that mylib.a
> is have the entire library linked in rather than just those routines which
> are needed because of undefined identifiers.  Does anyone know if this is
> actually the case?

>				Rick Busdiecker
>				rfb at cmu-cs-h.arpa

It is not actually the case.

When you name a library as an argument to ld, it picks out
only the components it needs.