Thread: howto make a static library?

how do you create a static library, like the standard ones?

if i have test.c i start with :

• gcc -c test.c
  ar -cr test.a test.o
  ranlib test.a

where do i go from there?

i cant find a stdio.a anywhere, how are the standard ones made?

can i combine libraries together?

right now if i have test1.c and test2.c i run

Code:

gcc -c test1.c
ar -cr libtest1.a test1.o
ranlib libtest1.a

gcc -c test2.c
ar -cr libtest2.a test2.o
ranlib libtest2.a

ld -r -o test.o test1.o test2.o
ar -cr libtest.a test.o
ranlib libtest.a

can i cut out the object files and go right to combining and indexing? how?