Question linking to static library

[nomadoro]

When I try to link my code with a static library (libxxx.a), I encountered problems specifying the path.
The following works:

gcc -o myexe (path of libxxx.a)/libxxx.a mysrc.c

But it seems that

gcc -L(path of libxxx.a) -lxxx -o myexe mysrc.c

doesn't work.
Does the -L,-l pair only apply in dynamic linking?

[nalg0rath]

Try this:

gcc -static -L(path of libxxx.a) -lxxx -o myexe mysrc.c

You have to make sure your system supports dynamic linking of course.

[nomadoro]

Merci beaucoup!
But it turns out that without -static it also works. The order of arguments should be changed:

gcc mysrc.c -L(path of libxxx.a) -lxxx -o myexe

gcc manual says that -L/-l pair takes effect only after a precedent source file.