Expert: Narendra - 6/7/2006

Question
I am compiling C code by including the .sl file(HP-UX). When I tried to execute That EXE file It is throwing  Unresoved symbol : BadString (code).
What could be the reason behind this and how to resolve this.


Answer
So, you compiled with a shared library.
And while executing, this executable is not able to find that library.
The reason is, the library is not in standard path.
So, you have two ways to resolve this:
1. Put your library in the standard library path (/lib or /usr/libe, etc).
2. Put the path where your library exists in LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  Ex.: Say your library is in /home/shiv/myprogs/libs and you are using bash or sh as shell.
       export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/home/shiv/myprogs/libs

So, now when you execute your executable, it must be able to find the library.

There is one more way to resolve this.
Use static linking instead of dynamic linking.