have 2 C files which I need to link with the compiler

Question

So I finally cleared all the errors and warnings on the C files, and proceeded to link them. I have 2 C files which I need to link with the compiler.

et5ibwqm0.c intfac_fl.c

The compile command I was provided:

gcc -shared -o et5stcklib.so et5ibwqm0.o intfac_fl.o -L$FGLDIR/lib

Doesn't work, I get this error:

et5ibwqm0.o: could not read symbols: File in wrong format
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Answer 1

You tagged this with Informix. Are these C modules that you are trying to call from a 4GL program and therefore need to combine them into a common executable?

If so, just include all of your source modules in the compile directive. Assuming c4gl, something like:

c4gl main.4gl others.4gl et5ibwqm0.c intfac_fl.c -o mainwithccalls.4ge

Answer 2

Turns out it was just a missing -m32 specifier which caused the compiler to reject one of the objects – user5586678