Technical Details for C and C++ Compilers

C and C++ Compilers ... files, to be linked later into an executable file, a static (archive) library (.a) file, or a dynamic (shared) library (.so) file, link or relink object files or library files (or both) into an executable file, compile an executable file with runtime debugging enabled (-g), compile an executable file with runtime statement or procedure-level profiling (-pg). The C compilation system consists of a compiler, an assembler, and a link editor. The cc command invokes each of these components automatically unless you use command-line options to specify otherwise.