-.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 1995 Free Software Foundation
+.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 1996 Free Software Foundation
.\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
.TH ld 1 "17 August 1992" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
.de BP
.I entry\c
\&\|]
.RB "[\|" \-embedded\-relocs "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-E "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-export\-dynamic "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-F "\|]"
.RB "[\|" "\-F\ "\c
.I format\c
.I input-format\c
\&\|]
.RB "[\|" \-g "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-G\c
+.RB "[\|" \-G
.I size\c
\&\|]
.RB "[\|" \-\-help "\|]"
.I searchdir\c
\&\|]
.RB "[\|" \-M "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-Map\c
+.RB "[\|" \-Map
.I mapfile\c
\&\|]
-.RB "[\|" \-m\c
+.RB "[\|" \-m
.I emulation\c
\&\|]
.RB "[\|" \-n | \-N "\|]"
\&\|]
.RB "[\|" \-relax "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-r | \-Ur "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" "\-rpath\ "\c
+.I directory\c
+\&\|]
+.RB "[\|" "\-rpath\-link\ "\c
+.I directory\c
+\&\|]
.RB "[\|" \-S "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-s "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-shared "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-sort\-common "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-split\-by\-reloc\ "\c
+.RB "[\|" "\-split\-by\-reloc\ "\c
.I count\c
\&\|]
.RB "[\|" \-split\-by\-file "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-\-version "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-warn\-common "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-warn\-constructors "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-warn\-multiple\-gp "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-warn\-once "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-\-whole\-archive "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-\-no\-whole\-archive "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" "\-\-wrap\ "\c
+.I symbol\c
+\&\|]
.RB "[\|" \-X "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-x "\|]"
.ad b
option that requires them.
.TP
-.BI "-A" "architecture"\c
-\&
+.BI "-A" "architecture"
In the current release of \c
.B ld\c
\&, this option is useful only for the
\& more than once on a command line, if
an architecture family allows combination of target architectures; each
use will add another pair of name variants to search for when \c
-.B \-l\c
-\&
+.B \-l
specifies a library.
.TP
-.BI "\-b " "input-format"\c
-\&
+.BI "\-b " "input-format"
Specify the binary format for input object files that follow this option
on the command line. You don't usually need to specify this, as
\c
on ELF platforms which support shared libraries.
.TP
-.BI "\-c " "commandfile"\c
-\&
+.BI "\-c " "commandfile"
Directs \c
.B ld\c
\& to read link commands from the file
.B \-dp
These three options are equivalent; multiple forms are supported for
compatibility with other linkers. Use any of them to make \c
-.B ld\c
-\&
+.B ld
assign space to common symbols even if a relocatable output file is
specified (\c
.B \-r\c
\& has the same effect.
.TP
-.BI "-defsym " "symbol"\c
-\& = \c
-.I expression\c
-\&
+.BI "-defsym " "symbol" "\fR = \fP" expression
Create a global symbol in the output file, containing the absolute
address given by \c
.I expression\c
was statically initialized to pointer values. See the code in
testsuite/ld-empic for details.
+.TP
+.B \-E
+.TP
+.B \-export\-dynamic
+When creating an ELF file, add all symbols to the dynamic symbol table.
+Normally, the dynamic symbol table contains only symbols which are used
+by a dynamic object. This option is needed for some uses of
+.I dlopen.
+
.TP
.B \-F
.TP
-.BI "-F" "format"\c
-\&
+.BI "-F" "format"
Some older linkers used this option throughout a compilation toolchain
for specifying object-file format for both input and output object
files. \c
with scripts written to call the old linker.
.TP
-.BI "\-format " "input\-format"\c
-\&
+.BI "\-format " "input\-format"
Synonym for \c
.B \-b\c
\& \c
.I ar\c
\&.a\c
\& for every \c
-.I ar\c
-\&
+.I ar
specified.
.TP
-.BI "\-L" "searchdir"\c
-\&
+.BI "\-L" "searchdir"
This command adds path \c
.I searchdir\c
\& to the list of paths that
\& is using, and in
some cases also on how it was configured. The
paths can also be specified in a link script with the \c
-.B SEARCH_DIR\c
-\&
+.B SEARCH_DIR
command.
.TP
memory space while linking a large executable.
.TP
-.BI "\-o " "output"\c
-\&
-.I output\c
-\&
-\c
+.BI "\-o " "output"
.I output\c
\& is a name for the program produced by \c
.B ld\c
\& can also specify the output file name.
.TP
-.BI "\-oformat " "output\-format"\c
-\&
+.BI "\-oformat " "output\-format"
Specify the binary format for the output object file.
You don't usually need to specify this, as
\c
can also specify the output format, but this option overrides it.
.TP
-.BI "\-R " "filename"\c
-\&
-.I file\c
-\&
+.BI "\-R " "filename"
Read symbol names and their addresses from \c
.I filename\c
\&, but do not
.B \-i\c
\&.
+.TP
+.B \-rpath\ \fIdirectory
+Add a directory to the runtime library search path. This is used when
+linking an ELF executable with shared objects. All
+.B \-rpath
+arguments are concatenated and passed to the runtime linker, which uses
+them to locate shared objects at runtime. The
+.B \-rpath
+option is also used when locating shared objects which are needed by
+shared objects explicitly included in the link; see the description of
+the
+.B \-rpath\-link
+option. If
+.B \-rpath
+is not used when linking an ELF executable, the contents of the
+environment variable
+.B LD_RUN_PATH
+will be used if it is defined.
+
+The
+.B \-rpath
+option may also be used on SunOS. By default, on SunOS, the linker
+will form a runtime search patch out of all the
+.B \-L
+options it is given. If a
+.B \-rpath
+option is used, the runtime search path will be formed exclusively
+using the
+.B \-rpath
+options, ignoring
+the
+.B \-L
+options. This can be useful when using gcc, which adds many
+.B \-L
+options which may be on NFS mounted filesystems.
+
+.TP
+.B \-rpath\-link\ \fIdirectory
+When using ELF or SunOS, one shared library may require another. This
+happens when an
+.B ld\ \-shared
+link includes a shared library as one of the input files.
+
+When the linker encounters such a dependency when doing a non-shared,
+non-relocateable link, it will automatically try to locate the required
+shared library and include it in the link, if it is not included
+explicitly. In such a case, the
+.B \-rpath\-link
+option specifies the first set of directories to search. The
+.B \-rpath\-link
+option may specify a sequence of directory names either by specifying
+a list of names separated by colons, or by appearing multiple times.
+
+If the required shared library is not found, the linker will issue a
+warning and continue with the link.
+
.TP
.B \-S
Omits debugger symbol information (but not all symbols) from the output file.
.TP
.B \-shared
-Create a shared library. This is currently only supported on ELF
-platforms.
+Create a shared library. This is currently only supported on ELF and
+SunOS platforms (on SunOS it is not required, as the linker will
+automatically create a shared library when there are undefined symbols
+and the
+.B \-e
+option is not used).
.TP
.B \-sort\-common
\& must be a hexadecimal integer.
.TP
-.BI "\-T " "commandfile"\c
-\&
-.TP
-.BI "\-T" "commandfile"\c
+.BI "\-T " "commandfile"
Equivalent to \c
.B \-c \c
.I commandfile\c
turn serve as input to \c
.B ld\c
\&. When linking C++ programs, \c
-.B \-Ur\c
-\&
-\c
+.B \-Ur
.I will\c
\& resolve references to constructors, unlike \c
.B \-r\c
few object file formats. For formats like COFF or ELF, the linker can
not detect the use of global constructors.
+.TP
+.B \-warn\-multiple\-gp
+Warn if the output file requires multiple global-pointer values. This
+option is only meaningful for certain processors, such as the Alpha.
+
.TP
.B \-warn\-once
Only warn once for each undefined symbol, rather than once per module
.TP
.B \-\-whole\-archive
-For each archive mentioned on the command line, include every object
-file in the archive in the link, rather than searching the archive for
-the required object files. This is normally used to turn an archive
-file into a shared library, forcing every object to be included in the
-resulting shared library.
+For each archive mentioned on the command line after the
+.B \-\-whole\-archive
+option, include every object file in the archive in the link, rather
+than searching the archive for the required object files. This is
+normally used to turn an archive file into a shared library, forcing
+every object to be included in the resulting shared library.
+
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-whole\-archive
+Turn off the effect of the
+.B \-\-whole\-archive
+option for archives which appear later on the command line.
+
+.TP
+.BI "--wrap " "symbol"
+Use a wrapper function for
+.I symbol.
+Any undefined reference to
+.I symbol
+will be resolved to
+.BI "__wrap_" "symbol".
+Any undefined reference to
+.BI "__real_" "symbol"
+will be resolved to
+.I symbol.
.TP
.B \-X
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