'dlltool' equivalent in Linux

Question

In Windows, an executable called dlltool, given with GCC, is used to generate import library for a DLL file which is used for linking DLL files.

For example, libmylibrary.a for mylibrary.dll. But in Linux (i.e., Ubuntu) I haven't find any equivalent program like this. In gcc (both Windows and Linux), the -l options is used to link these import libraries.

So, is there such an application in Linux that can generate an import library for shared object (.so files)?

Answer 1

ld (part of binutils, and invoked by gcc during the link phase) on Linux does not require import libraries; it is capable of reading .so files directly for the symbols required for linking.