shared

Tells the compiler to produce a dynamic shared object instead of an executable.

IDE Equivalent

None

Architectures

IA-32, Intel® 64 architectures

Syntax

Linux:

-shared

Mac OS X:

None

Windows:

None

Arguments

None

Default

OFF

The compiler produces an executable.

Description

This option tells the compiler to produce a dynamic shared object (DSO) instead of an executable. This includes linking in all libraries dynamically and passing -shared to the linker.

You must specify option fpic for the compilation of each object file you want to include in the shared library.

Alternate Options

None

Parent topic: Linking or Linker Options

See Also

dynamiclib compiler option
fpic compiler option
Xlinker compiler option

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