How to use GDC to get .a file on Linux?

[tcak via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Sunday, 27 December 2015 at 15:19:21 UTC, FrankLike wrote:
> Hi,
>    Now I need get the .a file on Linux,target system is ARM.
>    If you use gcc ,you will use the 'ar' to get .a file,
> but how to do by GDC ?
> And how to  get the execute file by .a file and .d file?
>
> Thank you.

I couldn't have understood your question very well, but some 
information is here.

You create .a static library file with "-lib" flag while 
compiling. Yesterday I did it.

dmd mylib.d -lib

This will generate mylib.a.

You can later use this static library while compiling another d 
code.

dmd main.d mylib.a

Pass the .a file directly as it is another source.

I have never tried these with GDC, but I don't think it is much 
different at all.