Naming Conventions

To conform to the dynamic library naming conventions assumed by the link loader and the compilers, assign names to the dynamic libraries that you create with the prefix lib and the suffix .so. For example, libmyfavs.so could be referenced by the compiler option -lmyfavs.

The linker also accepts an optional version number suffix: for example, libmyfavs.so.1 for version one of the library.

The compiler's -hname option records name as the name of the dynamic library being built.