Finding a pgm is Static or Dynamic Linking

Sandeep More · New User Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Mumbai

Hi All,
I got this query in one of my job interviews.
Without knowing the compile parms how can one decide whether a program is statically linked or dynamically linked

He asked whether I can determine the linking type just by looking at the program

Please answer.

William Thompson · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:24 pm

Welcome, go to search and enter static dynamic and click search.

dchanem · New User Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 1 Location: chennai

Static program is bigger in size than a dynamic linking one in the load library.

pingte · Active User Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 120 Location: india

You can know it just by looking at the program...
Dynamic if call uses variable(s)
Statis if call uses literal.

hope this helps...

blueice · New User Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 2 Location: CHENNAI

hi all,

IN CASE OF DYNAMIC CALL, PROGRAM-ID WILL BE(MUST BE) SAME FOR MAIN AS WELL AS SUB PROGRAM...USING THS WE CAN IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF CALL..APART FROM THIS IF MAIN AND SUB R A PART OF SAME LOAD MODULE THEN IN THIS CASE ITS STATIC CALL...