Getting Started

In order to write a new C module for Pike the first thing we need to do is to add a new module to our Pike source tree. To do that we need to create a new directory for the module in our module tree. In that directory we need a skeleton for our new module. A skeleton in this context means a working set of the four files mentioned in the previous section. A skeleton that contains the files ¹necessary and some guiding instructions ² for getting started can be found on the Pike web site. There is also a module with a hello world application³, that compiles out of the box and can serve as a guiding example.

Once the skeleton files are added and adjusted so that the new module ought to exist the Pike has to be reconfigured and recompiled. After that, if our module exists we can start to write C/CMOD code.