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I have both version 4.0.1 and 4.2.2 of gcc installed in my computer just in case that matters. I'm trying to link a small test program to learn to use the linker, but the linker can't seem to find the library, even under the indication to look for it under the current directory.

I had already obtained similar errors in past ocassions, that is to say, the linker doesn't find any libs even when I think I'm indicating both the correct name and the path using the -l and -L flags, respectively.

I've read the man files for both gcc and for ld, and I still can't pinpoint the error. I would really appreciate if anyone could help me out.

Code:



*** here are the files in the folder I am linking in



[prompt]$ ls



app.c

app.o

linker_error

temp_file.c

temp_file.o

test.c

testlib.a

test.o



*** here is the line that I used to link and the error I got:



[prompt]$ gcc -o app app.o -L. -ltest 



/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ltest

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status