From chuck@unity.ncsu.edu Thu Nov 21 08:16:41 1996 Received: from mustang.unity.ncsu.edu by eos03a.eos.ncsu.edu (8.7.3/ES20May96) id IAA16427; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 08:16:41 -0500 (EST) From: chuck@unity.ncsu.edu Received: by mustang.unity.ncsu.edu (8.6.9/UC06jan95) id IAA18991; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 08:16:41 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 08:16:41 -0500 Message-Id: <199611211316.IAA18991@mustang.unity.ncsu.edu> To: kaltofen@eos.ncsu.edu Cc: help@ncsu.edu Reply-To: help@ncsu.edu X-Mailer: QWMailer Subject: Call 25803: linking to random and srandom Status: OR ###### daemon (customerq): September 17, 1996 19:52PM EDT Erich Kaltofen sent via e-mail: > I am trying to linking to the better random number generators > random and srandom (you can do a "man 3 random" to get info > on these) but I get an "undefined symbol" error. > > Please send me the library name that contains these functions > (for "gcc file.c -lx"). > > Thanks, Erich Sorry for the delayed response to your question. Under Solaris, the random() and srandom() functions are in the BSD/UCB compatiability library. This library can be linked by using the following switches: -R/usr/lib:/usr/4lib:/usr/ucblib -lucb However, use of these functions and any of the BSD/UCB compatiability functions is discouraged under Solaris. From the man page on random(): Use of these interfaces should be restricted to only appli- cations written on BSD platforms. Use of these interfaces with any of the system libraries or in multi-thread applica- tions is unsupported. If you are using this function on something other than a Solaris workstation and you are still in need of an answer to this question, please let us know and we will get back in touch with you (in a more timely fashion). -chuck- Chuck Kesler | Computing Center Lead Systems Programmer for | North Carolina State University Eos/Unity Production Services | Box 7109 NCSU Campus, Raleigh, NC 27695 | E-mail: chuck@eos.ncsu.edu