2.2. Compiling and linking: A quick overview

This section provides a quick overview for developers about compiling and linking on AIX.

2.2.1. Building C and C++ programs with system libraries

It is quite straightforward to build (compiling and linking) C and C++ programs with system libraries on AIX. For example, to compile and link the very simple C program shown in Example 2-1, do the following:

$ cc helloworld.c
Example 2-1. helloworld.c
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    printf("Hello World\n");
    exit(0);
}

Then, the compiler driver[4] will generate an executable file in the current directory (if the executable file name is not specified with the -o option, the compiler driver uses the default ...

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