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Lecture 1d

Analyzing a c program
by Quan LE-TRUNG, Dr.techn.
Compile/Link a Simple C
Program - hello.c

Below is the Hello-world C


program hello.c:

// hello.c
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
printf("Hello, world!\n");
return 0;
}
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GCC Compilation Process

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GCC compiles a C/C++ program into executable in 4 steps as shown in the above
diagram. For example, a "gcc -o hello.exe hello.c" is carried out as follows:

Pre-processing: via the GNU C Preprocessor (cpp.exe), which includes the headers
(#include) and expands the macros (#define).
> cpp hello.c > hello.i

The resultant intermediate file "hello.i" contains the expanded source code.
Compilation: compiler compiles pre-processed source code into assembly code for a
specific processor.
> gcc -S hello.i

The -S option specifies to produce assembly code, instead of object code. The resultant
assembly file is "hello.s".
Assembly: The assembler (as.exe) converts the assembly code into machine code in the
object file "hello.o".
> as -o hello.o hello.s

Linker: Finally, the linker (ld.exe) links the object code with the library code to produce an
executable file "hello.exe".
> ld -o hello.exe hello.o ...libraries...

Verbose Mode (-v)


You can see the detailed compilation process by enabling -v (verbose) option. For
example,
> gcc -v hello.c -o hello.exe
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