Libft is a 42 project. The goal of this project is to create a static library (c library) that will be used during the 42 course. Libft is meant to be similar to libc library, where many different type of function are included to help with other projects. To know more about libft api refer to the wiki section.
Libft is a static C library. A makefile is included to build the project. The follwing recipe can be used:
| recipe | Description |
|---|---|
| all | Creates the library |
| clean | Remove all generated object files |
| fclean | Calls the clean recipe and remove the library file |
| re | Calls the fclean recipe and all recipe (recompile the library |
Once the compilation is finished a file called libft.a will be created in the directory lib
Current version of libft contains function from following libraries and each of them has their own header (.h) files:
| Library name | header file | status |
|---|---|---|
libft |
libft.h | finished |
| printf | ft_printf.h | finished |
| getopt | ft_getopt.h | unfinished |
string (not the standard strings.h) |
ft_string.h | unfinished |
The library (.a) file is created in lib/ directory and the header (.h) files can be found in the include/ directory.
Assuming you have cloned the project (libft) to the root directory of your project. To use the libft on the project you would use as following
## before you do the following you must create the `libft.a`
## file in the libft project
cc -I libft/include -L libft/lib -lft <your source / object files> -o <output file>