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-.\" Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
-.\" 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-.\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
-.TH ld 1 "" "Free Software Foundation" "GNU Development Tools"
-.de BP
-.sp
-.ti \-.2i
-\(**
-..
-
-.SH NAME
-ld \- the GNU linker
-
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.hy 0
-.na
-.B ld
-.RB "[\|" \-o "
-.I output\c
-\&\|] \c
-.I objfile\c
-\&.\|.\|.
-.br
-.RB "[\|" \-A\c
-.I architecture\c
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-.RB "[\|" "\-b\ "\c
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-.RB "[\|" \-Bsymbolic "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" "\-c\ "\c
-.I commandfile\c
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-.RB "[\|" \-\-cref "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-d | \-dc | \-dp\c
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-.br
-.RB "[\|" "\-defsym\ "\c
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-.RB "[\|" \-\-demangle "\|]"
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-.I name\c
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-.RB "[\|" \-G
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-.RB "[\|" "\-h\ "\c
-.I name\c
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-.RB "[\|" "\-soname\ "\c
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-.I ar\c
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-.I searchdir\c
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-.SH DESCRIPTION
-\c
-.B ld\c
-\& combines a number of object and archive files, relocates
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-.B ld\c
-\&.
-
-\c
-.B ld\c
-\& accepts Linker Command Language files
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-This man page does not describe the command language; see the `\|\c
-.B ld\c
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-.B info\c
-\|', or the manual
-.I
-ld: the GNU linker
-\&, for full details on the command language and on other aspects of
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-This version of \c
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-\& uses the general purpose BFD libraries
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-.B ld\c
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-.B a.out\c
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-.BR objdump ( 1 ).
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-Aside from its flexibility, the GNU linker is more helpful than other
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-\c
-.B ld\c
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-The GNU linker \c
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-.B \-l\c
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-.B \-R\c
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-Usually the linker is invoked with at least one object file, but other
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-.B \-R\c
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-Option arguments must either follow the option letter without intervening
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-.TP
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-.B ld\c
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-.B ld\c
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-Future releases of \c
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-.TP
-.BI "\-b " "input-format"
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-\c
-.B ld\c
-\& is configured to expect as a default input format the most
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-.I input-format\c
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-.B \-format \c
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-.BR TARGET .
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-.B \-b\c
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-\c
-.B \-b \c
-.I input-format\c
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-.TP
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-.TP
-.B \-Bsymbolic
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-.BI "\-c " "commandfile"
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-.B ld\c
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-.I commandfile\c
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-.TP
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-.B \-d
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-.B \-dc
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-.B \-r\c
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-.TP
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-.TP
-.B \-\-demangle
-.TP
-.B \-\-no\-demangle
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-messages and other output. When the linker is told to demangle, it
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-.BI "-e " "entry"\c
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-.TP
-.B \-E
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-.TP
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-.B ld\c
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-.B \-L\c
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-.B ld\c
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-.BI "\-Map " "mapfile"\c
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-.B ld\c
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-.TP
-.B \-N
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-.B OMAGIC\c
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-.TP
-.B \-n
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-.TP
-.B \-noinhibit\-exec
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-.TP
-.B \-no\-keep\-memory
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-memory space while linking a large executable.
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-.TP
-.B \-no\-warn\-mismatch
-Normally the linker will give an error if you try to link together
-input files that are mismatched for some reason, perhaps because they
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-endiannesses. This option tells the linker that it should silently
-permit such possible errors. This option should only be used with
-care, in cases when you have taken some special action that ensures
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-.TP
-.BI "\-o " "output"
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-.B ld\c
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-.TP
-.BI "\-O" "level"
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-.I level\c
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-.TP
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-.B \-Ur\c
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-.B \-i\c
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-.TP
-.B \-rpath\ \fIdirectory
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-.B \-rpath
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-.B \-rpath
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-.B \-rpath\-link
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-.B \-rpath
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-.B LD_RUN_PATH
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-.B \-rpath
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-.B \-L
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-.B \-rpath
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-.B \-rpath
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-.B \-L
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-.B \-L
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-.TP
-.B \-rpath\-link\ \fIdirectory
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-.B ld\ \-shared
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