ElliotKillick-windows-vs-linux-loader-architecture/code

Code Samples

Compiling & Running

These instructions are for building and running the code samples in this repo:

1. Compile
   • Unix: Run make where there is a Makefile
   • Windows: Run build.bat where this script exists
   • For cross-platform Rust: cargo build
2. Pre-execution
   • Unix: Run export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD" (set this varible to where the libraries are) so an application can its find libraries
   • Windows: This system searches the program folder and current working directory by default (copy or move files if necessary, e.g. with the copy /y command)
   • For cross-platform Rust: Not necessary when using cargo helpers
3. Run
   • Unix: Run ./<PROGRAM> or gdb ./<PROGRAM> to debug
   • Windows: Run <PROGRAM_NAME>.exe or pop it into WinDbg to debug
   • For cross-platform Rust: cargo run

The steps are intentionally designed to be as simple and easy as possible to remove friction from experimentation, even on Windows, thanks to the succinct build.bat helper files I made to achieve parity with Unix systems.