Data-only static libraries with GCC

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Published on 2011-03-08T16:05:09Z Indexed on 2011/03/08 16:10 UTC
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How can I make static libraries with only binary data, that is without any object code, and make that data available to a C program? Here's the build process and simplified code I'm trying to make work:

./datafile:

abcdefghij

Makefile:

libdatafile.a:
  ar [magic] datafile

main: libdatafile.a
  gcc main.c libdatafile.a -o main

main.c:

#define TEXTPTR [more magic]

int main(){
  char mystring[11];
  memset(mystring, '\0', 11);
  memcpy(TEXTPTR, mystring, 10);

  puts(mystring);
  puts(mystring);
  return 0;
}

The output I'm expecting from running main is, of course:

abcdefghijabcdefghij

My question is: what should [magic] and [more magic] be?

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