[SOLVED] Stages involved in compling a program

Hi All,

Could anyone tell me clearly what are all the steps involved in compling this simple program(each & every steps).

#include<stdio.h>
main()
{
printf("Hello");
}

Here is a good link
1.h**p://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigmil/RevEng/ch02.html


2.h**p://www.personal.kent.edu/~rmuhamma/Compilers/compiler.html

Hi
There are 5 stages of compilation in C program
1. pre-processing
2. compiling
3. Assembling
4. Linking
5. Loading

At pre-processing stage mainly the compiler does three things they are including source code of headers, comment deletion, macro substitution...
At compiling stage the compiler converts source code into assembly code
At assembling stage the compiler converts assembly code to machine code
At linking stage links the different object files into single file
finally at loading stage the executable file moves to into memory....

You can clearly see this all using GCC compiler

the commands are 1. pre-processing------>gcc -E file.c> file.i
2. Compiling-----------> gcc -S file.c>file.s
3.Assembling---------->gcc -c file.c

this is the compilation process

If you have any additional questions concerning ANSI C or Embedded C, you may want to checkout the group:

Embedded C/C++ Programming

I have posted numerous links to C tutorials, C compilers and sample projects and while the group was specifically setup for C development in Embedded Systems, there are plenty of material for ANSI C.

BigDog

Thanks to all for giving guidence..