Create Executable Programs on Unix-alikes

LINK {utils}

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Create Executable Programs on Unix-alikes

Description

Front-end for creating executable programs on unix-alikes, i.e., not on Windows.

Usage

R CMD LINK [options] linkcmd

Arguments

`linkcmd`	a list of commands to link together suitable object files (include library objects) to create the executable program.
`options`	further options to control the linking, or for obtaining information about usage and version.

Details

The linker front-end is useful in particular when linking against the R shared or static library: see the examples.

The actual linking command is constructed by the version of libtool installed at ‘R_HOME/bin’.

R CMD LINK --help gives usage information.

Note

Some binary distributions of R have LINK in a separate bundle, e.g. an R-devel RPM.

This is not available on Windows.

Examples

## Not run: ## examples of front-ends linked against R.
## First a C program
CC=`R CMD config CC`
R CMD LINK $CC -o foo foo.o `R CMD config --ldflags`

## if Fortran code has been compiled into ForFoo.o
FLIBS=`R CMD config FLIBS`
R CMD LINK $CC -o foo foo.o ForFoo.o `R CMD config --ldflags` $FLIBS

## And for a C++ front-end
CXX=`R CMD config CXX`
R CMD COMPILE foo.cc
R CMD LINK $CXX -o foo foo.o `R CMD config --ldflags`

## End(Not run)

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