practicalities

compiling and linking

compiler options

• object files -o option
• compile without linking -c option
• include file path -I

linker options

• libraries -l, path -L
• static vs shared libraries, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH

library tools

• nm to look into static libraries
• ldd look at dependencies

debugging

• -g option
• gdb
• valgrind
• gcov

profiling

• -pg option (compile and link)
  gprof

special C problems

• stack corruption
• various issues with pointers
• memory leakage