In this particular case I’m trying to discover if a mylib.a file is 32 or 64 bit compatible. I’m familiar with ldd for shared objects (mylib.so) but how do I inspect a regular .a archive?
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In this particular case I’m trying to discover if a mylib.a file is 32 or 64 bit compatible. I’m familiar with ldd for shared objects (mylib.so) but how do I inspect a regular .a archive?
‘nm’ and ‘ar’ will give you some information about the library archive.