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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: C newb - third party libs and using and testing suite
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2016 16:34:55 -0800
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"James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes:
> On 12/09/2016 05:12 PM, S390 wrote:
[...]
>> UMMM... where did anything state that -l
>>
>> looks for /lib/<string>.a ...
>
> Nowhere. It looks for lib<string>.a. As for where that's stated, type 
> "man gcc" at the unix command line:
[...]

I forgot to mention in my previous followup, I think S390 meant the "/"
characters to denote emphasis, not literal "/" directory delimiters.
I suggest avoiding that usage when, as here, it can cause confusion.

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