C Compiling: error: stray '\4' in program ; octal flow?

Question

Trying to compile a load of .c files

(1) The files compile ok, using cc

cc -Wall -Wextra -Wunreachable-code -ggdb -O0 *.c 

Answer 1

You are including a binary file in your .cpp source

(line 1 of testme.cpp)
#include "liborientdb-c.a"

Look for a header file named "liborientdb-c.h", and include that (guessing, you probably want to include all of the appropriate *.h header files).

And your makefile should link against the above .a file.

Answer 2

#include "liborientdb-c.a"

.a files are not C source files. Or even text files for that matter.

Usually, the .a files are added on the final link line of the compilation.

cc -o something file.o file2.o liborientdb-c.a etc etc