Hi, I was wondering what the difference is between lib*.so and lib*.a libraries and is there any way to switch between them? For examples, I have in my /lib directory libtermcap.so, but when I try to compile stuff with that library I get an error from the compiler saying that the library doesn't exist. I checked the man pages for the compiler and it said that the libraries it looks for are in the lib*.a format. Is there a way to convert lib*.so to lib*.a? Thanks, Rich