hornbeck@ucrmath.EDU (Matthew Hornbeck) (01/12/89)
I didn't get any replies the last time I posted this, so I'm going to try again. Can anyone out there help me find the format of LIBrary files under MS-DOS? I understand the format of the OBJect files and that the LIBrary format is : Library Header Object File(s) Library dictionary But, I have no clue as to the format of the Header and the dictionary. I would like to try to write my own version of a linker, mainly to see how hard it is to do. I've decoded most of the records in the OBJect files (using information in the MS-DOS Encyclopedia from Microsoft), but found no clues to the format of the LIBrary Headers and Dictionary. Please send mail to me, and I'll try to post a summary of the responses. Many Thanks, Matthew Hornbeck hornbeck@ucrmath.UUCP
carlp@iscuva.ISCS.COM (Carl Paukstis) (01/27/89)
In article <658@ucrmath.EDU> hornbeck@ucrmath.UUCP (Matthew Hornbeck) writes: >Can anyone out there help me find the format of LIBrary files >under MS-DOS? Me, too! Matthew, if you get this info, would you be kind enough to mail me a copy? One of the irritating things about C development on the PC is the lack of a "make" which will conveniently handle dependencies of libraries. I fear that there's no date information in a LIB, making this impossible, but I'd like to know for sure. -- Carl Paukstis +1 509 927 5600 x5321 |"The right to be heard does not | automatically include the right UUCP: carlp@iscuvc.ISCS.COM | to be taken seriously." ...uunet!iscuva!carlp | - H. H. Humphrey