ilib_compile

ilib_build utility: executes the Makefile produced by ilib_gen_Make

Calling Sequence

libn=ilib_compile(lib_name,makename [,files,ldflags,cflags,fflags,cc])

Arguments

:lib_name a character string, the generic name of the library without

path and extension.

: :makename character string. The path of the Makefile file without

extension.

: :files optional vector of character strings. If files is given the

make is performed on each target contained in files then a whole make is performed

: :libn character string. The path of the actual generated shared

library file.

: :ldflags,cflags,fflags,cc character strings to provide options/flags

for the loader, the C compiler, the Fortran compiler. cc provides the name of the compiler.

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Description

Utility function used by ilib_build

This executes the Makefile produced by ilib_gen_Make, compiles the C and fortran files and generates the shared library.

Shared libraries can then be used with the link and addinter Scilab function for incremental/dynamic link.

Note that a compiler must be available on the system to use this function.

On the internal technical level, under GNU/Linux and Mac OS X, the ilib_* function are based on the autotools. First, a configure is executed to detect compilers available. Then, a make is launched with the provided arguments. For more information: Full technical description of the incremental link / dynamic link

Since version 5.3.2, under GNU/Linux, Scilab detects where the libstdc++ is located (thanks to the command gcc -print-search- dirs|grep ^install:|awk ‘{print $2}’ ). Previously, the dynamic link was using the libstdc++ embedded in Scilab.

See Also

• addinter new functions interface dynamic link at run time.
• link dynamic linker
• ilib_build utility for shared library management
• ilib_gen_Make utility for ilib_build: produces a Makefile for building shared libraries
• ilib_gen_gateway utility for ilib_build, generates a gateway file.
• ilib_gen_loader utility for ilib_build: generates a loader file
• ilib_for_link utility for shared library management with link
• api_scilab api_scilab is the Scilab interface to read/write data from/to Scilab memory