Initially, the first problem is that you are forgetting/didn't know that
if you declare an array of size 5 e.g. char name[5]; then that gives you memory locations name[0] to name[4]. But does not...

sorry but the book is correct. It is a double pointer because it represents a set of strings. For example it might be


/* Effective what it is. Not real code */
argv[0]="this program";...

Actually, it is simply to use

gcc -shared -o libmyshared.so file1.o file2.o


Have a look at the gcc manual. http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/.

The only thing that you will need to be a...