[pedemonte]

I'm trying to compile a UNIX app which is looking for libc. However, it cannot find it. I noticed that there is a /usr/lib/libc.dylib. Would I be able to use this library for linking? How do you link to libc?

[howardm4]

There is no libc in OSX. It is integrated so get rid of any libc reference you have.

[Angus_D]

Yes, /usr/lib/libc.dylib is libc. dylib is the Darwin extension for a dynamic library - it's akin to .so on linux/bsd. I'm not sure if you have to specifically link against it, it might be linked against by default but provided for compatibility (like libm.dylib is, so you don't have to go -lm hunting in makefiles).

You would just link against it by passing -lc to the linker, if you need to.