----Original Message----
>From: Andreas Schwab
>Sent: 19 September 2005 20:20
> Erik Leunissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> gcc -pipe -o myLib.so myLib.c -lm
>>
>> How does the linker get the object code for myLib?
>> a. from a temporary file, saved by the compiler?
>> b. on stdin from a pipe that connects to the compilers stdout?
>> c. ???
>
> It's case a.
Albeit with the slight modification "saved by the _assembler_".
> The -pipe option is ignored in the linking step.
>
> Andreas.
Or IOW, only ASCII text goes down the pipes. Not binary objects.
cheers,
DaveK
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