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

[FrankLike via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Sunday, 27 December 2015 at 15:24:17 UTC, tcak wrote:
> 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.
Now I will target file to ARM linux,and dmd can't get the file 
for ARM.