c language creates static library .a in linux

Create source code

1. input source code

a) [projectFolder]/src/header/hello.h

#ifndef HELLO_H
#define HELLO_H

void hello(const char *name);

#endif

b) [projectFolder]/src/hello.c

#include

void hello(const char *name) {
    printf("hello %s!\n", name);
}

2. compile library source code to object file

cd [projectFolder]
gcc -c src/hello.c -o debug/hello.o

3. package object files to static library

ar rcs bin/libhello.a debug/hello.o

Using static library 

1. input source code

a) [projectFolder]/src/main.c

#include "hello.h"

int main(void) {

    hello("everyone");

    return 0;

}

2. copy header files *.h to [projectFolder]/src/header

3. copy static library libhello.a to [projectFolder]/lib

4. compile source code with header files and static libraries

gcc -o bin/hello src/main.c -I./src/header -L./lib -lhello

5. run program

./bin/hello