Overview - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 - USING ID Using Instructions

combines a number of object and archive files, relocates their data and ties up symbol references.
ld
Usually the last step in compiling a program is to run
accepts Linker Command Language files written in a superset of AT&T's Link Editor Command
ld
Language syntax, to provide explicit and total control over the linking process.
This version of uses the general purpose BFD libraries to operate on object files. This allows
ld
to read, combine, and write object files in many different formats--for example, COFF or
Different formats may be linked together to produce any available kind of object file. Refer to Chapter
6 BFD, for more information.
Aside from its flexibility, the gnu linker is more helpful than other linkers in providing diagnostic
information. Many linkers abandon execution immediately upon encountering an error; whenever
possible, continues executing, allowing you to identify other errors (or, in some cases, to get an
ld
output file in spite of the error).
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ld
Chapter 2.

Overview

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