Get list of static libraries used in an executable
c, c++, linker, static, unix
Solution
`ldd <exe filename>` shows dynamically linked libraries
`nm <exe filename>` shows the symbols in the file.
To see which symbols come from static libraries requires running `nm` against those libraries to get a list of the symbols (functions, etc.) in them, then comparing them to what your list of symbols from `nm <exe filename>`.
You compare lists with the `comm` command. See `man comm` for details.
This was taken from this forum here.
Problem
Since `ldd` lists only the dynamic libraries, is there a way to extract the information about the static libraries used to create the executable?