shared

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

IDE Equivalent

None

Architectures

IA-32, IntelĀ® 64, IA-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.

On systems using IA-32 architecture and IntelĀ® 64 architecture, you must specify option fpic for the compilation of each object file you want to include in the shared library.

Alternate Options

None

See Also