Linking with .so library without prefix

[rt15]

Hi (And sorry for my horrible english),

I compile a foo.so shared library, without the lib prefix.

Then I want to link it with a program (using aix ld/aix compiler).

Today it is done by simply put foo.so on the command line, without
using the -l option.
As foo.so is in the current directory, it is found and the library is
loaded succefully at runtime.

However, it won't be anymore possible because I don't want to have
binaires in the current directory (And no ln -s links too...)

But if I link with /somedir/foo.so on the command line, foo.so is not
found at execution time (Because it search for /somedir/foo.so, not
just foo.so).

I cannot use -l option because it search for libfoo.so...

On other platforms, I use the -soname (Or -h or +h...) option which
don't exists on aix.
I also sometimes use a particular -l option variant of gnu ld:
-l:foo.so
The column tells the linker to search for the exact name, so it don't
add the lib prefix.

-blibsuff allow to select suffix (.so...). The same option but for the
prefix would be great for me.
Where could I found the aix ld documentation ???

Thanks in advance.

[Gary R. Hook]

rt15 wrote:
> Where could I found the aix ld documentation ???

The linker documentation is in the pubs, along with everything else.

You can try staring here:

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/genunix3/productdocs.html

You want to understand the -L, -blibpath and especially the -bnoipath
options.

--
Gary R. Hook
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Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit

[rt15]

-bnoipath was exactly what I search for.
Thank you very much for this quick and effective response ! I love
you !