Linker error

Hi!

I have long time hesitated to ask (and the problem is since long time
solved), but I still don't understand the error ... The error being that
calls from external libraries appears to (unwarantly) link with my code. 


Given the two following (symbolic) references

 --begin-file.A.c--
 /* file A, includes various systemdependent stuff that must be initiated
 before doing anything else ... */

 #include <unistd.h>  // there is a function called 'unlink' defined here!
                      // the semantics is: 'delete file'

 // init this ...
 // ... and that as well ...

 int main(void){ // ...

 --eof-file A.c--



/* file B
 --begin-file.B.c--
 //...
 // No external headers here but ...
 // We have part of a locally linked list
 (blah) unlink(blah) {/* blah, blah */};  /*unlink exist also in 'unistd.h' */

 // ... whatever 'unlink' means,it is definately a defined symbol here.
 // Problem: What does 'unlink' mean now??? 
--eof-file-B.c--

My code also linked  to a _third_ library, which insisted on dropping a
file for each unknown glyph encounterd. ('unlink' was somehow disabled)

The problem disappeared with the use of 'static unlink()'


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Question: Why/Or is it correct that the linker replaces 
librarycalls to libraryfunctions 
 
with

librarycalls to userdefined functions
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dazed and confused // Jens M Andreasen
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