Yes, it has the concept of "shared libraries." These are library files with
an extension of .so (I'm pretty sure on this, can someone confirm? I
believe static libraries used by the GCC linker have a .a extension.)
Anyway, you'll find these files on your hard drive in various directories
such as /lib, /var/lib, and so on. A list of directories where libraries
can be found is in your /etc/ld.so.conf file. (Mine doesn't seem to contain
ALL of the libraries; again, does anyone else know why?)
You can see which libraries are used by a particular program by typing:
ldd (program)
Also, there is a standard library containing various functions used on every
Linux system - libc. The two most common versions of this are libc5
(libc.so.5) and libc6, also called glibc (libc.so.6). That's why you'll see
web sites talking about libc5 and glibc referring to Linux.
Hope this helps,
JFK
> From: Samit Panchal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 09:02:13 +0530 (IST)
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: DLLs ?
>
> Hi ALL,
>
>
> Does Linux have anything similar to DLLs in Window$ ?!
>
> TIA
>
> Samit Panchal
> Tata Infotech Ltd.
> INDIA
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