Separate Compilation of Source Files

CSE 230

Physical Structure of a Program

• A program can be organized into source files that can be compiled separately

main.cc

source.h

source.cc

• A linker is used to bind together separately compiled parts into a single executable

Compiling On Solaris

• Type the following command in the terminal window and press Enter to execute it.

% g++ -c source.cc

This will produce an object file called source.o

• You now may use this object file to compile your main program.

  % g++ main.cc source.o

  This will produce the executable file a.out