gcc undefined reference to header function

Question

I know there have been a lot of such topics, but I didn't found the answer, really. There's nothing that isn't working.

I am compiling file

gcc   -std=c99 -Lmem xx.c

in the file there is

#include "include/memory.h"
#include <stdlib.h>


void main(){
    meminit(100);
}

and in memory.h

#include "private.h"
#pragma once
MEMI * memdiag();

void meminit(int block_number);

void * memalloc(int desired_size);

void memfree(void * ptr);

the folder contains libmem.a, and headers, yet I'm getting error

/tmp/ccSJ4trm.o: In function `main':
xx.c:(.text+0xa): undefined reference to `meminit'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

I would be very grateful if You helped me, tomorrow I have to hand in the project.

Answer 1

You need to read some tutorials about using GCC.

You might want to try to compile and link with with

gcc -std=c99 -Wall -g xx.c -L. -lmem

(assuming your current directory [not folder] i.e. the . in -L. contains a libmem.a or libmem.so* library)

BTW, order of program arguments to gcc matters a big lot!