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-.IX Title "LD 1"
-.TH LD 1 "binutils-2.11.90" "2001-05-22" "GNU"
-.UC
-.SH "NAME"
-ld \- Using \s-1LD\s0, the \s-1GNU\s0 linker
-.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
-ld [ options ] objfile...
-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
-\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR combines a number of object and archive files, relocates
-their data and ties up symbol references. Usually the last step in
-compiling a program is to run \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR.
-.PP
-\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR accepts Linker Command Language files written in
-a superset of \s-1AT&T\s0's Link Editor Command Language syntax,
-to provide explicit and total control over the linking process.
-.PP
-This man page does not describe the command language; see the 
-\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR entry in \f(CW\*(C`info\*(C'\fR, or the manual
-ld: the \s-1GNU\s0 linker, for full details on the command language and 
-on other aspects of the \s-1GNU\s0 linker. 
-.PP
-This version of \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR uses the general purpose \s-1BFD\s0 libraries
-to operate on object files. This allows \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR to read, combine, and
-write object files in many different formats\-\-\-for example, \s-1COFF\s0 or
-\&\f(CW\*(C`a.out\*(C'\fR.  Different formats may be linked together to produce any
-available kind of object file.  
-.PP
-Aside from its flexibility, the \s-1GNU\s0 linker is more helpful than other
-linkers in providing diagnostic information.  Many linkers abandon
-execution immediately upon encountering an error; whenever possible,
-\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR continues executing, allowing you to identify other errors
-(or, in some cases, to get an output file in spite of the error).
-.PP
-The \s-1GNU\s0 linker \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is meant to cover a broad range of situations,
-and to be as compatible as possible with other linkers.  As a result,
-you have many choices to control its behavior.
-.SH "OPTIONS"
-.IX Header "OPTIONS"
-The linker supports a plethora of command-line options, but in actual
-practice few of them are used in any particular context.
-For instance, a frequent use of \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is to link standard Unix
-object files on a standard, supported Unix system.  On such a system, to
-link a file \f(CW\*(C`hello.o\*(C'\fR:
-.PP
-.Vb 1
-\&        ld -o I<output> /lib/crt0.o hello.o -lc
-.Ve
-This tells \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR to produce a file called \fIoutput\fR as the
-result of linking the file \f(CW\*(C`/lib/crt0.o\*(C'\fR with \f(CW\*(C`hello.o\*(C'\fR and
-the library \f(CW\*(C`libc.a\*(C'\fR, which will come from the standard search
-directories.  (See the discussion of the \fB\-l\fR option below.)
-.PP
-Some of the command-line options to \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR may be specified at any
-point in the command line.  However, options which refer to files, such
-as \fB\-l\fR or \fB\-T\fR, cause the file to be read at the point at
-which the option appears in the command line, relative to the object
-files and other file options.  Repeating non-file options with a
-different argument will either have no further effect, or override prior
-occurrences (those further to the left on the command line) of that
-option.  Options which may be meaningfully specified more than once are
-noted in the descriptions below.
-.PP
-Non-option arguments are object files or archives which are to be linked
-together.  They may follow, precede, or be mixed in with command-line
-options, except that an object file argument may not be placed between
-an option and its argument.
-.PP
-Usually the linker is invoked with at least one object file, but you can
-specify other forms of binary input files using \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-R\fR,
-and the script command language.  If \fIno\fR binary input files at all
-are specified, the linker does not produce any output, and issues the
-message \fBNo input files\fR.
-.PP
-If the linker can not recognize the format of an object file, it will
-assume that it is a linker script.  A script specified in this way
-augments the main linker script used for the link (either the default
-linker script or the one specified by using \fB\-T\fR).  This feature
-permits the linker to link against a file which appears to be an object
-or an archive, but actually merely defines some symbol values, or uses
-\&\f(CW\*(C`INPUT\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`GROUP\*(C'\fR to load other objects.  Note that
-specifying a script in this way should only be used to augment the main
-linker script; if you want to use some command that logically can only
-appear once, such as the \f(CW\*(C`SECTIONS\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`MEMORY\*(C'\fR command, you
-must replace the default linker script using the \fB\-T\fR option.
-.PP
-For options whose names are a single letter,
-option arguments must either follow the option letter without intervening
-whitespace, or be given as separate arguments immediately following the
-option that requires them.
-.PP
-For options whose names are multiple letters, either one dash or two can
-precede the option name; for example, \fB\-trace-symbol\fR and
-\&\fB\*(--trace-symbol\fR are equivalent.  Note \- there is one exception to
-this rule.  Multiple letter options that start with a lower case 'o' can
-only be preceeded by two dashes.  This is to reduce confusion with the
-\&\fB\-o\fR option.  So for example \fB\-omagic\fR sets the output file
-name to \fBmagic\fR whereas \fB\*(--omagic\fR sets the \s-1NMAGIC\s0 flag on the
-output.
-.PP
-Arguments to multiple-letter options must either be separated from the
-option name by an equals sign, or be given as separate arguments
-immediately following the option that requires them.  For example,
-\&\fB\*(--trace-symbol foo\fR and \fB\*(--trace-symbol=foo\fR are equivalent.
-Unique abbreviations of the names of multiple-letter options are
-accepted.
-.PP
-Note \- if the linker is being invoked indirectly, via a compiler driver
-(eg \fBgcc\fR) then all the linker command line options should be
-prefixed by \fB\-Wl,\fR (or whatever is appropriate for the particular
-compiler driver) like this:
-.PP
-.Vb 1
-\&          gcc -Wl,--startgroup foo.o bar.o -Wl,--endgroup
-.Ve
-This is important, because otherwise the compiler driver program may
-silently drop the linker options, resulting in a bad link.
-.PP
-Here is a table of the generic command line switches accepted by the \s-1GNU\s0
-linker:
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-a\f(CIkeyword\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-akeyword"
-This option is supported for \s-1HP/UX\s0 compatibility.  The \fIkeyword\fR
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-\&\fBdefault\fR.  \fB\-aarchive\fR is functionally equivalent to
-\&\fB\-Bstatic\fR, and the other two keywords are functionally equivalent
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-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-A\f(CIarchitecture\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
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-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-architecture=\f(CIarchitecture\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--architecture=architecture"
-In the current release of \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR, this option is useful only for the
-Intel 960 family of architectures.  In that \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR configuration, the
-\&\fIarchitecture\fR argument identifies the particular architecture in
-the 960 family, enabling some safeguards and modifying the
-archive-library search path.  
-.Sp
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-other architecture families.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-b \f(CIinput\-format\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-b input-format"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-format=\f(CIinput\-format\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--format=input-format"
-\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR may be configured to support more than one kind of object
-file.  If your \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is configured this way, you can use the
-\&\fB\-b\fR option to specify the binary format for input object files
-that follow this option on the command line.  Even when \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is
-configured to support alternative object formats, you don't usually need
-to specify this, as \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR should be configured to expect as a
-default input format the most usual format on each machine.
-\&\fIinput-format\fR is a text string, the name of a particular format
-supported by the \s-1BFD\s0 libraries.  (You can list the available binary
-formats with \fBobjdump \-i\fR.)
-.Sp
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-binary format.  You can also use \fB\-b\fR to switch formats explicitly (when
-linking object files of different formats), by including
-\&\fB\-b\fR \fIinput-format\fR before each group of object files in a
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-.Sp
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-\&\f(CW\*(C`GNUTARGET\*(C'\fR.
-.Sp
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-\&\f(CW\*(C`TARGET\*(C'\fR;
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-c \f(CIMRI\-commandfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-c MRI-commandfile"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-mri\-script=\f(CIMRI\-commandfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--mri-script=MRI-commandfile"
-For compatibility with linkers produced by \s-1MRI\s0, \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR accepts script
-files written in an alternate, restricted command language, described in
-the \s-1MRI\s0 Compatible Script Files section of \s-1GNU\s0 ld documentation.
-Introduce \s-1MRI\s0 script files with
-the option \fB\-c\fR; use the \fB\-T\fR option to run linker
-scripts written in the general-purpose \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR scripting language.
-If \fIMRI-cmdfile\fR does not exist, \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR looks for it in the directories
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-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-d\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-d"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-dc\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-dc"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-dp\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-dp"
-These three options are equivalent; multiple forms are supported for
-compatibility with other linkers.  They assign space to common symbols
-even if a relocatable output file is specified (with \fB\-r\fR).  The
-script command \f(CW\*(C`FORCE_COMMON_ALLOCATION\*(C'\fR has the same effect.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-e \f(CIentry\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-e entry"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-entry=\f(CIentry\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--entry=entry"
-Use \fIentry\fR as the explicit symbol for beginning execution of your
-program, rather than the default entry point.  If there is no symbol
-named \fIentry\fR, the linker will try to parse \fIentry\fR as a number,
-and use that as the entry address (the number will be interpreted in
-base 10; you may use a leading \fB0x\fR for base 16, or a leading
-\&\fB0\fR for base 8).  
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-E\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-E"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-export\-dynamic\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--export-dynamic"
-When creating a dynamically linked executable, add all symbols to the
-dynamic symbol table.  The dynamic symbol table is the set of symbols
-which are visible from dynamic objects at run time.
-.Sp
-If you do not use this option, the dynamic symbol table will normally
-contain only those symbols which are referenced by some dynamic object
-mentioned in the link.
-.Sp
-If you use \f(CW\*(C`dlopen\*(C'\fR to load a dynamic object which needs to refer
-back to the symbols defined by the program, rather than some other
-dynamic object, then you will probably need to use this option when
-linking the program itself.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-EB\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-EB"
-Link big-endian objects.  This affects the default output format.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-EL\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-EL"
-Link little-endian objects.  This affects the default output format.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-f\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-f"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-auxiliary \f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--auxiliary name"
-When creating an \s-1ELF\s0 shared object, set the internal \s-1DT_AUXILIARY\s0 field
-to the specified name.  This tells the dynamic linker that the symbol
-table of the shared object should be used as an auxiliary filter on the
-symbol table of the shared object \fIname\fR.
-.Sp
-If you later link a program against this filter object, then, when you
-run the program, the dynamic linker will see the \s-1DT_AUXILIARY\s0 field.  If
-the dynamic linker resolves any symbols from the filter object, it will
-first check whether there is a definition in the shared object
-\&\fIname\fR.  If there is one, it will be used instead of the definition
-in the filter object.  The shared object \fIname\fR need not exist.
-Thus the shared object \fIname\fR may be used to provide an alternative
-implementation of certain functions, perhaps for debugging or for
-machine specific performance.
-.Sp
-This option may be specified more than once.  The \s-1DT_AUXILIARY\s0 entries
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-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-F \f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-F name"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-filter \f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--filter name"
-When creating an \s-1ELF\s0 shared object, set the internal \s-1DT_FILTER\s0 field to
-the specified name.  This tells the dynamic linker that the symbol table
-of the shared object which is being created should be used as a filter
-on the symbol table of the shared object \fIname\fR.
-.Sp
-If you later link a program against this filter object, then, when you
-run the program, the dynamic linker will see the \s-1DT_FILTER\s0 field.  The
-dynamic linker will resolve symbols according to the symbol table of the
-filter object as usual, but it will actually link to the definitions
-found in the shared object \fIname\fR.  Thus the filter object can be
-used to select a subset of the symbols provided by the object
-\&\fIname\fR.
-.Sp
-Some older linkers used the \f(CW\*(C`\-F\*(C'\fR option throughout a compilation
-toolchain for specifying object-file format for both input and output
-object files.  The \s-1GNU\s0 linker uses other mechanisms for this
-purpose: the \f(CW\*(C`\-b\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`\-\-format\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`\-\-oformat\*(C'\fR options, the
-\&\f(CW\*(C`TARGET\*(C'\fR command in linker scripts, and the \f(CW\*(C`GNUTARGET\*(C'\fR
-environment variable.  The \s-1GNU\s0 linker will ignore the \f(CW\*(C`\-F\*(C'\fR
-option when not creating an \s-1ELF\s0 shared object.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-fini \f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-fini name"
-When creating an \s-1ELF\s0 executable or shared object, call \s-1NAME\s0 when the
-executable or shared object is unloaded, by setting \s-1DT_FINI\s0 to the
-address of the function.  By default, the linker uses \f(CW\*(C`_fini\*(C'\fR as
-the function to call.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-g\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-g"
-Ignored.  Provided for compatibility with other tools.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-G\f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Gvalue"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-gpsize=\f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--gpsize=value"
-Set the maximum size of objects to be optimized using the \s-1GP\s0 register to
-\&\fIsize\fR.  This is only meaningful for object file formats such as
-\&\s-1MIPS\s0 \s-1ECOFF\s0 which supports putting large and small objects into different
-sections.  This is ignored for other object file formats.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-h\f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-hname"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-soname=\f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-soname=name"
-When creating an \s-1ELF\s0 shared object, set the internal \s-1DT_SONAME\s0 field to
-the specified name.  When an executable is linked with a shared object
-which has a \s-1DT_SONAME\s0 field, then when the executable is run the dynamic
-linker will attempt to load the shared object specified by the \s-1DT_SONAME\s0
-field rather than the using the file name given to the linker.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-i\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-i"
-Perform an incremental link (same as option \fB\-r\fR).
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-init \f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-init name"
-When creating an \s-1ELF\s0 executable or shared object, call \s-1NAME\s0 when the
-executable or shared object is loaded, by setting \s-1DT_INIT\s0 to the address
-of the function.  By default, the linker uses \f(CW\*(C`_init\*(C'\fR as the
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-.IX Item "--library=archive"
-Add archive file \fIarchive\fR to the list of files to link.  This
-option may be used any number of times.  \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR will search its
-path-list for occurrences of \f(CW\*(C`lib\f(CIarchive\f(CW.a\*(C'\fR for every
-\&\fIarchive\fR specified.
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-libraries with extensions other than \f(CW\*(C`.a\*(C'\fR.  Specifically, on \s-1ELF\s0
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-\&\f(CW\*(C`.a\*(C'\fR.  By convention, a \f(CW\*(C`.so\*(C'\fR extension indicates a shared
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-specified on the command line.  If the archive defines a symbol which
-was undefined in some object which appeared before the archive on the
-command line, the linker will include the appropriate \fIfile\fR\|(s) from the
-archive.  However, an undefined symbol in an object appearing later on
-the command line will not cause the linker to search the archive again.
-.Sp
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-.Sp
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-.Sp
-This type of archive searching is standard for Unix linkers.  However,
-if you are using \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR on \s-1AIX\s0, note that it is different from the
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-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-L\f(CIsearchdir\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Lsearchdir"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-library\-path=\f(CIsearchdir\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--library-path=searchdir"
-Add path \fIsearchdir\fR to the list of paths that \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR will search
-for archive libraries and \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR control scripts.  You may use this
-option any number of times.  The directories are searched in the order
-in which they are specified on the command line.  Directories specified
-on the command line are searched before the default directories.  All
-\&\f(CW\*(C`\-L\*(C'\fR options apply to all \f(CW\*(C`\-l\*(C'\fR options, regardless of the
-order in which the options appear.
-.Sp
-The default set of paths searched (without being specified with
-\&\fB\-L\fR) depends on which emulation mode \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is using, and in
-some cases also on how it was configured.  
-.Sp
-The paths can also be specified in a link script with the
-\&\f(CW\*(C`SEARCH_DIR\*(C'\fR command.  Directories specified this way are searched
-at the point in which the linker script appears in the command line.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-m\f(CIemulation\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-memulation"
-Emulate the \fIemulation\fR linker.  You can list the available
-emulations with the \fB\*(--verbose\fR or \fB\-V\fR options.
-.Sp
-If the \fB\-m\fR option is not used, the emulation is taken from the
-\&\f(CW\*(C`LDEMULATION\*(C'\fR environment variable, if that is defined.
-.Sp
-Otherwise, the default emulation depends upon how the linker was
-configured.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-M\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-M"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-print\-map\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--print-map"
-Print a link map to the standard output.  A link map provides
-information about the link, including the following:
-.RS 4
-.Ip "\(bu" 4
-Where object files and symbols are mapped into memory.
-.Ip "\(bu" 4
-How common symbols are allocated.
-.Ip "\(bu" 4
-All archive members included in the link, with a mention of the symbol
-which caused the archive member to be brought in.
-.RE
-.RS 4
-.RE
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-n\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-n"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-nmagic\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--nmagic"
-Turn off page alignment of sections, and mark the output as
-\&\f(CW\*(C`NMAGIC\*(C'\fR if possible.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-N\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-N"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-omagic\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--omagic"
-Set the text and data sections to be readable and writable.  Also, do
-not page-align the data segment.  If the output format supports Unix
-style magic numbers, mark the output as \f(CW\*(C`OMAGIC\*(C'\fR.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-o \f(CIoutput\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-o output"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-output=\f(CIoutput\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--output=output"
-Use \fIoutput\fR as the name for the program produced by \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR; if this
-option is not specified, the name \fIa.out\fR is used by default.  The
-script command \f(CW\*(C`OUTPUT\*(C'\fR can also specify the output file name.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-O \f(CIlevel\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-O level"
-If \fIlevel\fR is a numeric values greater than zero \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR optimizes
-the output.  This might take significantly longer and therefore probably
-should only be enabled for the final binary.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-q\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-q"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-emit\-relocs\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--emit-relocs"
-Leave relocation sections and contents in fully linked exececutables.
-Post link analysis and optimization tools may need this information in
-order to perform correct modifications of executables.  This results
-in larger executables.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-r\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-r"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-relocateable\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--relocateable"
-Generate relocatable output\-\-\-i.e., generate an output file that can in
-turn serve as input to \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR.  This is often called \fIpartial
-linking\fR.  As a side effect, in environments that support standard Unix
-magic numbers, this option also sets the output file's magic number to
-\&\f(CW\*(C`OMAGIC\*(C'\fR.
-If this option is not specified, an absolute file is produced.  When
-linking \*(C+ programs, this option \fIwill not\fR resolve references to
-constructors; to do that, use \fB\-Ur\fR.
-.Sp
-This option does the same thing as \fB\-i\fR.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-R \f(CIfilename\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-R filename"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-just\-symbols=\f(CIfilename\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--just-symbols=filename"
-Read symbol names and their addresses from \fIfilename\fR, but do not
-relocate it or include it in the output.  This allows your output file
-to refer symbolically to absolute locations of memory defined in other
-programs.  You may use this option more than once.
-.Sp
-For compatibility with other \s-1ELF\s0 linkers, if the \f(CW\*(C`\-R\*(C'\fR option is
-followed by a directory name, rather than a file name, it is treated as
-the \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR option.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-s\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-s"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-strip\-all\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--strip-all"
-Omit all symbol information from the output file.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-S\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-S"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-strip\-debug\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--strip-debug"
-Omit debugger symbol information (but not all symbols) from the output file.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-t\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-t"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-trace\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--trace"
-Print the names of the input files as \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR processes them.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-T \f(CIscriptfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-T scriptfile"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-script=\f(CIscriptfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--script=scriptfile"
-Use \fIscriptfile\fR as the linker script.  This script replaces
-\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR's default linker script (rather than adding to it), so
-\&\fIcommandfile\fR must specify everything necessary to describe the
-output file.  You must use this option if you want to use a command
-which can only appear once in a linker script, such as the
-\&\f(CW\*(C`SECTIONS\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`MEMORY\*(C'\fR command.    If
-\&\fIscriptfile\fR does not exist in the current directory, \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR
-looks for it in the directories specified by any preceding \fB\-L\fR
-options.  Multiple \fB\-T\fR options accumulate.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-u \f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-u symbol"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-undefined=\f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--undefined=symbol"
-Force \fIsymbol\fR to be entered in the output file as an undefined
-symbol.  Doing this may, for example, trigger linking of additional
-modules from standard libraries.  \fB\-u\fR may be repeated with
-different option arguments to enter additional undefined symbols.  This
-option is equivalent to the \f(CW\*(C`EXTERN\*(C'\fR linker script command.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Ur\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Ur"
-For anything other than \*(C+ programs, this option is equivalent to
-\&\fB\-r\fR: it generates relocatable output\-\-\-i.e., an output file that can in
-turn serve as input to \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR.  When linking \*(C+ programs, \fB\-Ur\fR
-\&\fIdoes\fR resolve references to constructors, unlike \fB\-r\fR.
-It does not work to use \fB\-Ur\fR on files that were themselves linked
-with \fB\-Ur\fR; once the constructor table has been built, it cannot
-be added to.  Use \fB\-Ur\fR only for the last partial link, and
-\&\fB\-r\fR for the others.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-unique[=\f(CI\s\-1SECTION\s0\f(CW]\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--unique[=SECTION]"
-Creates a separate output section for every input section matching
-\&\fI\s-1SECTION\s0\fR, or if the optional wildcard \fI\s-1SECTION\s0\fR argument is
-missing, for every orphan input section.  An orphan section is one not
-specifically mentioned in a linker script.  You may use this option
-multiple times on the command line;  It prevents the normal merging of
-input sections with the same name, overriding output section assignments
-in a linker script.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-v\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-v"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-version\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--version"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-V\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-V"
-Display the version number for \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR.  The \f(CW\*(C`\-V\*(C'\fR option also
-lists the supported emulations.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-x\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-x"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-discard\-all\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--discard-all"
-Delete all local symbols.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-X\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-X"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-discard\-locals\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--discard-locals"
-Delete all temporary local symbols.  For most targets, this is all local
-symbols whose names begin with \fBL\fR.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-y \f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-y symbol"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-trace\-symbol=\f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--trace-symbol=symbol"
-Print the name of each linked file in which \fIsymbol\fR appears.  This
-option may be given any number of times.  On many systems it is necessary
-to prepend an underscore.
-.Sp
-This option is useful when you have an undefined symbol in your link but
-don't know where the reference is coming from.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Y \f(CIpath\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Y path"
-Add \fIpath\fR to the default library search path.  This option exists
-for Solaris compatibility.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-z \f(CIkeyword\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-z keyword"
-The recognized keywords are \f(CW\*(C`initfirst\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`interpose\*(C'\fR,
-\&\f(CW\*(C`loadfltr\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`nodefaultlib\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`nodelete\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`nodlopen\*(C'\fR,
-\&\f(CW\*(C`nodump\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`now\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`origin\*(C'\fR. The other keywords are
-ignored for Solaris compatibility. \f(CW\*(C`initfirst\*(C'\fR marks the object
-to be initialized first at runtime before any other objects.
-\&\f(CW\*(C`interpose\*(C'\fR marks the object that its symbol table interposes
-before all symbols but the primary executable. \f(CW\*(C`loadfltr\*(C'\fR marks
-the object that its filtees be processed immediately at runtime.
-\&\f(CW\*(C`nodefaultlib\*(C'\fR marks the object that the search for dependencies
-of this object will ignore any default library search paths.
-\&\f(CW\*(C`nodelete\*(C'\fR marks the object shouldn't be unloaded at runtime.
-\&\f(CW\*(C`nodlopen\*(C'\fR marks the object not available to \f(CW\*(C`dlopen\*(C'\fR.
-\&\f(CW\*(C`nodump\*(C'\fR marks the object can not be dumped by \f(CW\*(C`dldump\*(C'\fR.
-\&\f(CW\*(C`now\*(C'\fR marks the object with the non-lazy runtime binding.
-\&\f(CW\*(C`origin\*(C'\fR marks the object may contain \f(CW$ORIGIN\fR.
-\&\f(CW\*(C`defs\*(C'\fR disallows undefined symbols.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-( \f(CIarchives\f(CW \-)\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-( archives -)"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-start\-group \f(CIarchives\f(CW \-\-end\-group\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--start-group archives --end-group"
-The \fIarchives\fR should be a list of archive files.  They may be
-either explicit file names, or \fB\-l\fR options.
-.Sp
-The specified archives are searched repeatedly until no new undefined
-references are created.  Normally, an archive is searched only once in
-the order that it is specified on the command line.  If a symbol in that
-archive is needed to resolve an undefined symbol referred to by an
-object in an archive that appears later on the command line, the linker
-would not be able to resolve that reference.  By grouping the archives,
-they all be searched repeatedly until all possible references are
-resolved.
-.Sp
-Using this option has a significant performance cost.  It is best to use
-it only when there are unavoidable circular references between two or
-more archives.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-assert \f(CIkeyword\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-assert keyword"
-This option is ignored for SunOS compatibility.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Bdynamic\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Bdynamic"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-dy\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-dy"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-call_shared\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-call_shared"
-Link against dynamic libraries.  This is only meaningful on platforms
-for which shared libraries are supported.  This option is normally the
-default on such platforms.  The different variants of this option are
-for compatibility with various systems.  You may use this option
-multiple times on the command line: it affects library searching for
-\&\f(CW\*(C`\-l\*(C'\fR options which follow it.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Bgroup\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Bgroup"
-Set the \f(CW\*(C`DF_1_GROUP\*(C'\fR flag in the \f(CW\*(C`DT_FLAGS_1\*(C'\fR entry in the dynamic
-section.  This causes the runtime linker to handle lookups in this
-object and its dependencies to be performed only inside the group.
-\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-undefined\*(C'\fR is implied.  This option is only meaningful on \s-1ELF\s0
-platforms which support shared libraries.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Bstatic\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Bstatic"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-dn\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-dn"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-non_shared\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-non_shared"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-static\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-static"
-Do not link against shared libraries.  This is only meaningful on
-platforms for which shared libraries are supported.  The different
-variants of this option are for compatibility with various systems.  You
-may use this option multiple times on the command line: it affects
-library searching for \f(CW\*(C`\-l\*(C'\fR options which follow it.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Bsymbolic\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Bsymbolic"
-When creating a shared library, bind references to global symbols to the
-definition within the shared library, if any.  Normally, it is possible
-for a program linked against a shared library to override the definition
-within the shared library.  This option is only meaningful on \s-1ELF\s0
-platforms which support shared libraries.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-check\-sections\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--check-sections"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-check\-sections\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--no-check-sections"
-Asks the linker \fInot\fR to check section addresses after they have
-been assigned to see if there any overlaps.  Normally the linker will
-perform this check, and if it finds any overlaps it will produce
-suitable error messages.  The linker does know about, and does make
-allowances for sections in overlays.  The default behaviour can be
-restored by using the command line switch \fB\*(--check-sections\fR.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-cref\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--cref"
-Output a cross reference table.  If a linker map file is being
-generated, the cross reference table is printed to the map file.
-Otherwise, it is printed on the standard output.
-.Sp
-The format of the table is intentionally simple, so that it may be
-easily processed by a script if necessary.  The symbols are printed out,
-sorted by name.  For each symbol, a list of file names is given.  If the
-symbol is defined, the first file listed is the location of the
-definition.  The remaining files contain references to the symbol.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-defsym \f(CIsymbol\f(CW=\f(CIexpression\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--defsym symbol=expression"
-Create a global symbol in the output file, containing the absolute
-address given by \fIexpression\fR.  You may use this option as many
-times as necessary to define multiple symbols in the command line.  A
-limited form of arithmetic is supported for the \fIexpression\fR in this
-context: you may give a hexadecimal constant or the name of an existing
-symbol, or use \f(CW\*(C`+\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR to add or subtract hexadecimal
-constants or symbols.  If you need more elaborate expressions, consider
-using the linker command language from a script.  \fINote:\fR there should be no white
-space between \fIsymbol\fR, the equals sign (``\fB=\fR''), and
-\&\fIexpression\fR.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-demangle[=\f(CIstyle\f(CW]\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--demangle[=style]"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-demangle\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--no-demangle"
-These options control whether to demangle symbol names in error messages
-and other output.  When the linker is told to demangle, it tries to
-present symbol names in a readable fashion: it strips leading
-underscores if they are used by the object file format, and converts \*(C+
-mangled symbol names into user readable names.  Different compilers have
-different mangling styles.  The optional demangling style argument can be used
-to choose an appropriate demangling style for your compiler.  The linker will
-demangle by default unless the environment variable \fB\s-1COLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE\s0\fR
-is set.  These options may be used to override the default.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-dynamic\-linker \f(CIfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--dynamic-linker file"
-Set the name of the dynamic linker.  This is only meaningful when
-generating dynamically linked \s-1ELF\s0 executables.  The default dynamic
-linker is normally correct; don't use this unless you know what you are
-doing.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-embedded\-relocs\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--embedded-relocs"
-This option is only meaningful when linking \s-1MIPS\s0 embedded \s-1PIC\s0 code,
-generated by the \-membedded-pic option to the \s-1GNU\s0 compiler and
-assembler.  It causes the linker to create a table which may be used at
-runtime to relocate any data which was statically initialized to pointer
-values.  See the code in testsuite/ld-empic for details.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-fatal\-warnings\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--fatal-warnings"
-Treat all warnings as errors.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-force\-exe\-suffix\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--force-exe-suffix"
-Make sure that an output file has a .exe suffix.
-.Sp
-If a successfully built fully linked output file does not have a
-\&\f(CW\*(C`.exe\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`.dll\*(C'\fR suffix, this option forces the linker to copy
-the output file to one of the same name with a \f(CW\*(C`.exe\*(C'\fR suffix. This
-option is useful when using unmodified Unix makefiles on a Microsoft
-Windows host, since some versions of Windows won't run an image unless
-it ends in a \f(CW\*(C`.exe\*(C'\fR suffix.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-gc\-sections\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--no-gc-sections"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-gc\-sections\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--gc-sections"
-Enable garbage collection of unused input sections.  It is ignored on
-targets that do not support this option.  This option is not compatible
-with \fB\-r\fR, nor should it be used with dynamic linking.  The default
-behaviour (of not performing this garbage collection) can be restored by
-specifying \fB\*(--no-gc-sections\fR on the command line.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-help\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--help"
-Print a summary of the command-line options on the standard output and exit.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-target\-help\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--target-help"
-Print a summary of all target specific options on the standard output and exit.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Map \f(CImapfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Map mapfile"
-Print a link map to the file \fImapfile\fR.  See the description of the
-\&\fB\-M\fR option, above.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-keep\-memory\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--no-keep-memory"
-\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR normally optimizes for speed over memory usage by caching the
-symbol tables of input files in memory.  This option tells \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR to
-instead optimize for memory usage, by rereading the symbol tables as
-necessary.  This may be required if \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR runs out of memory space
-while linking a large executable.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-undefined\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--no-undefined"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-z defs\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-z defs"
-Normally when creating a non-symbolic shared library, undefined symbols
-are allowed and left to be resolved by the runtime loader.  These options
-disallows such undefined symbols.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-allow\-shlib\-undefined\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--allow-shlib-undefined"
-Allow undefined symbols in shared objects even  when \-\-no-undefined is
-set. The net result will be that undefined symbols in regular objects
-will still trigger an error, but undefined symbols in shared objects
-will be ignored.  The implementation of no_undefined makes the
-assumption that the runtime linker will choke on undefined symbols.
-However there is at least one system (BeOS) where undefined symbols in
-shared libraries is normal since the kernel patches them at load time to
-select which function is most appropriate for the current architecture.
-I.E. dynamically select an appropriate memset function.  Apparently it
-is also normal for \s-1HPPA\s0 shared libraries to have undefined symbols.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-warn\-mismatch\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--no-warn-mismatch"
-Normally \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR will give an error if you try to link together input
-files that are mismatched for some reason, perhaps because they have
-been compiled for different processors or for different endiannesses.
-This option tells \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR 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 that the linker errors are
-inappropriate.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-whole\-archive\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--no-whole-archive"
-Turn off the effect of the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-whole\-archive\*(C'\fR option for subsequent
-archive files.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-noinhibit\-exec\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--noinhibit-exec"
-Retain the executable output file whenever it is still usable.
-Normally, the linker will not produce an output file if it encounters
-errors during the link process; it exits without writing an output file
-when it issues any error whatsoever.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-oformat \f(CIoutput\-format\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--oformat output-format"
-\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR may be configured to support more than one kind of object
-file.  If your \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is configured this way, you can use the
-\&\fB\*(--oformat\fR option to specify the binary format for the output
-object file.  Even when \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is configured to support alternative
-object formats, you don't usually need to specify this, as \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR
-should be configured to produce as a default output format the most
-usual format on each machine.  \fIoutput-format\fR is a text string, the
-name of a particular format supported by the \s-1BFD\s0 libraries.  (You can
-list the available binary formats with \fBobjdump \-i\fR.)  The script
-command \f(CW\*(C`OUTPUT_FORMAT\*(C'\fR can also specify the output format, but
-this option overrides it.  
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-qmagic\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-qmagic"
-This option is ignored for Linux compatibility.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Qy\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Qy"
-This option is ignored for \s-1SVR4\s0 compatibility.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-relax\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--relax"
-An option with machine dependent effects.
-This option is only supported on a few targets.
-.Sp
-On some platforms, the \fB\*(--relax\fR option performs global
-optimizations that become possible when the linker resolves addressing
-in the program, such as relaxing address modes and synthesizing new
-instructions in the output object file.
-.Sp
-On some platforms these link time global optimizations may make symbolic
-debugging of the resulting executable impossible.
-This is known to be
-the case for the Matsushita \s-1MN10200\s0 and \s-1MN10300\s0 family of processors.
-.Sp
-On platforms where this is not supported, \fB\*(--relax\fR is accepted,
-but ignored.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-retain\-symbols\-file \f(CIfilename\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--retain-symbols-file filename"
-Retain \fIonly\fR the symbols listed in the file \fIfilename\fR,
-discarding all others.  \fIfilename\fR is simply a flat file, with one
-symbol name per line.  This option is especially useful in environments
-(such as VxWorks)
-where a large global symbol table is accumulated gradually, to conserve
-run-time memory.
-.Sp
-\&\fB\*(--retain-symbols-file\fR does \fInot\fR discard undefined symbols,
-or symbols needed for relocations.
-.Sp
-You may only specify \fB\*(--retain-symbols-file\fR once in the command
-line.  It overrides \fB\-s\fR and \fB\-S\fR.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-rpath \f(CIdir\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-rpath dir"
-Add a directory to the runtime library search path.  This is used when
-linking an \s-1ELF\s0 executable with shared objects.  All \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR
-arguments are concatenated and passed to the runtime linker, which uses
-them to locate shared objects at runtime.  The \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR option is
-also used when locating shared objects which are needed by shared
-objects explicitly included in the link; see the description of the
-\&\f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link\*(C'\fR option.  If \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR is not used when linking an
-\&\s-1ELF\s0 executable, the contents of the environment variable
-\&\f(CW\*(C`LD_RUN_PATH\*(C'\fR will be used if it is defined.
-.Sp
-The \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR option may also be used on SunOS.  By default, on
-SunOS, the linker will form a runtime search patch out of all the
-\&\f(CW\*(C`\-L\*(C'\fR options it is given.  If a \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR option is used, the
-runtime search path will be formed exclusively using the \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR
-options, ignoring the \f(CW\*(C`\-L\*(C'\fR options.  This can be useful when using
-gcc, which adds many \f(CW\*(C`\-L\*(C'\fR options which may be on \s-1NFS\s0 mounted
-filesystems.
-.Sp
-For compatibility with other \s-1ELF\s0 linkers, if the \f(CW\*(C`\-R\*(C'\fR option is
-followed by a directory name, rather than a file name, it is treated as
-the \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR option.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link \f(CI\s\-1DIR\s0\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-rpath-link DIR"
-When using \s-1ELF\s0 or SunOS, one shared library may require another.  This
-happens when an \f(CW\*(C`ld \-shared\*(C'\fR link includes a shared library as one
-of the input files.
-.Sp
-When the linker encounters such a dependency when doing a non-shared,
-non-relocatable 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 \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link\*(C'\fR option
-specifies the first set of directories to search.  The
-\&\f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link\*(C'\fR option may specify a sequence of directory names
-either by specifying a list of names separated by colons, or by
-appearing multiple times.
-.Sp
-This option should be used with caution as it overrides the search path
-that may have been hard compiled into a shared library. In such a case it
-is possible to use unintentionally a different search path than the
-runtime linker would do.
-.Sp
-The linker uses the following search paths to locate required shared
-libraries.
-.RS 4
-.Ip "1." 4
-Any directories specified by \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link\*(C'\fR options.
-.Ip "2." 4
-Any directories specified by \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR options.  The difference
-between \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link\*(C'\fR is that directories
-specified by \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR options are included in the executable and
-used at runtime, whereas the \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link\*(C'\fR option is only effective
-at link time. It is for the native linker only.
-.Ip "3." 4
-On an \s-1ELF\s0 system, if the \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`rpath\-link\*(C'\fR options
-were not used, search the contents of the environment variable
-\&\f(CW\*(C`LD_RUN_PATH\*(C'\fR. It is for the native linker only.
-.Ip "4." 4
-On SunOS, if the \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR option was not used, search any
-directories specified using \f(CW\*(C`\-L\*(C'\fR options.
-.Ip "5." 4
-For a native linker, the contents of the environment variable
-\&\f(CW\*(C`LD_LIBRARY_PATH\*(C'\fR.
-.Ip "6." 4
-For a native \s-1ELF\s0 linker, the directories in \f(CW\*(C`DT_RUNPATH\*(C'\fR or
-\&\f(CW\*(C`DT_RPATH\*(C'\fR of a shared library are searched for shared
-libraries needed by it. The \f(CW\*(C`DT_RPATH\*(C'\fR entries are ignored if
-\&\f(CW\*(C`DT_RUNPATH\*(C'\fR entries exist.
-.Ip "7." 4
-The default directories, normally \fI/lib\fR and \fI/usr/lib\fR.
-.Ip "8." 4
-For a native linker on an \s-1ELF\s0 system, if the file \fI/etc/ld.so.conf\fR
-exists, the list of directories found in that file.
-.RE
-.RS 4
-.Sp
-If the required shared library is not found, the linker will issue a
-warning and continue with the link.
-.RE
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-shared\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-shared"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Bshareable\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Bshareable"
-Create a shared library.  This is currently only supported on \s-1ELF\s0, \s-1XCOFF\s0
-and SunOS platforms.  On SunOS, the linker will automatically create a
-shared library if the \f(CW\*(C`\-e\*(C'\fR option is not used and there are
-undefined symbols in the link.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-sort\-common\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--sort-common"
-This option tells \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR to sort the common symbols by size when it
-places them in the appropriate output sections.  First come all the one
-byte symbols, then all the two bytes, then all the four bytes, and then
-everything else.  This is to prevent gaps between symbols due to
-alignment constraints.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-split\-by\-file [\f(CIsize\f(CW]\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--split-by-file [size]"
-Similar to \f(CW\*(C`\-\-split\-by\-reloc\*(C'\fR but creates a new output section for
-each input file when \fIsize\fR is reached.  \fIsize\fR defaults to a
-size of 1 if not given.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-split\-by\-reloc [\f(CIcount\f(CW]\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--split-by-reloc [count]"
-Tries to creates extra sections in the output file so that no single
-output section in the file contains more than \fIcount\fR relocations.
-This is useful when generating huge relocatable files for downloading into
-certain real time kernels with the \s-1COFF\s0 object file format; since \s-1COFF\s0
-cannot represent more than 65535 relocations in a single section.  Note
-that this will fail to work with object file formats which do not
-support arbitrary sections.  The linker will not split up individual
-input sections for redistribution, so if a single input section contains
-more than \fIcount\fR relocations one output section will contain that
-many relocations.  \fIcount\fR defaults to a value of 32768.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-stats\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--stats"
-Compute and display statistics about the operation of the linker, such
-as execution time and memory usage.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-traditional\-format\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--traditional-format"
-For some targets, the output of \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is different in some ways from
-the output of some existing linker.  This switch requests \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR to
-use the traditional format instead.
-.Sp
-For example, on SunOS, \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR combines duplicate entries in the
-symbol string table.  This can reduce the size of an output file with
-full debugging information by over 30 percent.  Unfortunately, the SunOS
-\&\f(CW\*(C`dbx\*(C'\fR program can not read the resulting program (\f(CW\*(C`gdb\*(C'\fR has no
-trouble).  The \fB\*(--traditional-format\fR switch tells \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR to not
-combine duplicate entries.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-section\-start \f(CIsectionname\f(CW=\f(CIorg\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--section-start sectionname=org"
-Locate a section in the output file at the absolute
-address given by \fIorg\fR.  You may use this option as many
-times as necessary to locate multiple sections in the command
-line.
-\&\fIorg\fR must be a single hexadecimal integer;
-for compatibility with other linkers, you may omit the leading
-\&\fB0x\fR usually associated with hexadecimal values.  \fINote:\fR there
-should be no white space between \fIsectionname\fR, the equals
-sign (``\fB=\fR''), and \fIorg\fR.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Tbss \f(CIorg\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Tbss org"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Tdata \f(CIorg\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Tdata org"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Ttext \f(CIorg\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "-Ttext org"
-Use \fIorg\fR as the starting address for\-\-\-respectively\-\-\-the
-\&\f(CW\*(C`bss\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`data\*(C'\fR, or the \f(CW\*(C`text\*(C'\fR segment of the output file.
-\&\fIorg\fR must be a single hexadecimal integer;
-for compatibility with other linkers, you may omit the leading
-\&\fB0x\fR usually associated with hexadecimal values.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-dll\-verbose\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--dll-verbose"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-verbose\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--verbose"
-Display the version number for \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR and list the linker emulations
-supported.  Display which input files can and cannot be opened.  Display
-the linker script if using a default builtin script.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-version\-script=\f(CIversion\-scriptfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--version-script=version-scriptfile"
-Specify the name of a version script to the linker.  This is typically
-used when creating shared libraries to specify additional information
-about the version heirarchy for the library being created.  This option
-is only meaningful on \s-1ELF\s0 platforms which support shared libraries.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-warn\-common\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--warn-common"
-Warn when a common symbol is combined with another common symbol or with
-a symbol definition.  Unix linkers allow this somewhat sloppy practice,
-but linkers on some other operating systems do not.  This option allows
-you to find potential problems from combining global symbols.
-Unfortunately, some C libraries use this practice, so you may get some
-warnings about symbols in the libraries as well as in your programs.
-.Sp
-There are three kinds of global symbols, illustrated here by C examples:
-.RS 4
-.Ip "\fBint i = 1;\fR" 4
-.IX Item "int i = 1;"
-A definition, which goes in the initialized data section of the output
-file.
-.Ip "\fBextern int i;\fR" 4
-.IX Item "extern int i;"
-An undefined reference, which does not allocate space.
-There must be either a definition or a common symbol for the
-variable somewhere.
-.Ip "\fBint i;\fR" 4
-.IX Item "int i;"
-A common symbol.  If there are only (one or more) common symbols for a
-variable, it goes in the uninitialized data area of the output file.
-The linker merges multiple common symbols for the same variable into a
-single symbol.  If they are of different sizes, it picks the largest
-size.  The linker turns a common symbol into a declaration, if there is
-a definition of the same variable.
-.RE
-.RS 4
-.Sp
-The \fB\*(--warn-common\fR option can produce five kinds of warnings.
-Each warning consists of a pair of lines: the first describes the symbol
-just encountered, and the second describes the previous symbol
-encountered with the same name.  One or both of the two symbols will be
-a common symbol.
-.RS 4
-.RE
-.Ip "1." 4
-Turning a common symbol into a reference, because there is already a
-definition for the symbol.
-.Sp
-.Vb 3
-\&        I<file>(I<section>): warning: common of `I<symbol>'
-\&           overridden by definition
-\&        I<file>(I<section>): warning: defined here
-.Ve
-.Ip "2." 4
-Turning a common symbol into a reference, because a later definition for
-the symbol is encountered.  This is the same as the previous case,
-except that the symbols are encountered in a different order.
-.Sp
-.Vb 3
-\&        I<file>(I<section>): warning: definition of `I<symbol>'
-\&           overriding common
-\&        I<file>(I<section>): warning: common is here
-.Ve
-.Ip "3." 4
-Merging a common symbol with a previous same-sized common symbol.
-.Sp
-.Vb 3
-\&        I<file>(I<section>): warning: multiple common
-\&           of `I<symbol>'
-\&        I<file>(I<section>): warning: previous common is here
-.Ve
-.Ip "4." 4
-Merging a common symbol with a previous larger common symbol.
-.Sp
-.Vb 3
-\&        I<file>(I<section>): warning: common of `I<symbol>'
-\&           overridden by larger common
-\&        I<file>(I<section>): warning: larger common is here
-.Ve
-.Ip "5." 4
-Merging a common symbol with a previous smaller common symbol.  This is
-the same as the previous case, except that the symbols are
-encountered in a different order.
-.Sp
-.Vb 3
-\&        I<file>(I<section>): warning: common of `I<symbol>'
-\&           overriding smaller common
-\&        I<file>(I<section>): warning: smaller common is here
-.Ve
-.RE
-.RS 4
-.RE
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-warn\-constructors\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--warn-constructors"
-Warn if any global constructors are used.  This is only useful for a few
-object file formats.  For formats like \s-1COFF\s0 or \s-1ELF\s0, the linker can not
-detect the use of global constructors.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-warn\-multiple\-gp\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--warn-multiple-gp"
-Warn if multiple global pointer values are required in the output file.
-This is only meaningful for certain processors, such as the Alpha.
-Specifically, some processors put large-valued constants in a special
-section.  A special register (the global pointer) points into the middle
-of this section, so that constants can be loaded efficiently via a
-base-register relative addressing mode.  Since the offset in
-base-register relative mode is fixed and relatively small (e.g., 16
-bits), this limits the maximum size of the constant pool.  Thus, in
-large programs, it is often necessary to use multiple global pointer
-values in order to be able to address all possible constants.  This
-option causes a warning to be issued whenever this case occurs.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-warn\-once\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--warn-once"
-Only warn once for each undefined symbol, rather than once per module
-which refers to it.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-warn\-section\-align\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--warn-section-align"
-Warn if the address of an output section is changed because of
-alignment.  Typically, the alignment will be set by an input section.
-The address will only be changed if it not explicitly specified; that
-is, if the \f(CW\*(C`SECTIONS\*(C'\fR command does not specify a start address for
-the section.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-whole\-archive\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--whole-archive"
-For each archive mentioned on the command line after the
-\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-whole\-archive\*(C'\fR 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.  This option may be used more than once.
-.Sp
-Two notes when using this option from gcc: First, gcc doesn't know
-about this option, so you have to use \f(CW\*(C`\-Wl,\-whole\-archive\*(C'\fR.
-Second, don't forget to use \f(CW\*(C`\-Wl,\-no\-whole\-archive\*(C'\fR after your
-list of archives, because gcc will add its own list of archives to
-your link and you may not want this flag to affect those as well.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-wrap \f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--wrap symbol"
-Use a wrapper function for \fIsymbol\fR.  Any undefined reference to
-\&\fIsymbol\fR will be resolved to \f(CW\*(C`_\|_wrap_\f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR.  Any
-undefined reference to \f(CW\*(C`_\|_real_\f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR will be resolved to
-\&\fIsymbol\fR.
-.Sp
-This can be used to provide a wrapper for a system function.  The
-wrapper function should be called \f(CW\*(C`_\|_wrap_\f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR.  If it
-wishes to call the system function, it should call
-\&\f(CW\*(C`_\|_real_\f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR.
-.Sp
-Here is a trivial example:
-.Sp
-.Vb 6
-\&        void *
-\&        __wrap_malloc (int c)
-\&        {
-\&          printf ("malloc called with %ld\en", c);
-\&          return __real_malloc (c);
-\&        }
-.Ve
-If you link other code with this file using \f(CW\*(C`\-\-wrap malloc\*(C'\fR, then
-all calls to \f(CW\*(C`malloc\*(C'\fR will call the function \f(CW\*(C`_\|_wrap_malloc\*(C'\fR
-instead.  The call to \f(CW\*(C`_\|_real_malloc\*(C'\fR in \f(CW\*(C`_\|_wrap_malloc\*(C'\fR will
-call the real \f(CW\*(C`malloc\*(C'\fR function.
-.Sp
-You may wish to provide a \f(CW\*(C`_\|_real_malloc\*(C'\fR function as well, so that
-links without the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-wrap\*(C'\fR option will succeed.  If you do this,
-you should not put the definition of \f(CW\*(C`_\|_real_malloc\*(C'\fR in the same
-file as \f(CW\*(C`_\|_wrap_malloc\*(C'\fR; if you do, the assembler may resolve the
-call before the linker has a chance to wrap it to \f(CW\*(C`malloc\*(C'\fR.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-new\-dtags\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--enable-new-dtags"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-new\-dtags\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--disable-new-dtags"
-This linker can create the new dynamic tags in \s-1ELF\s0. But the older \s-1ELF\s0
-systems may not understand them. If you specify
-\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-new\-dtags\*(C'\fR, the dynamic tags will be created as needed.
-If you specify \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-new\-dtags\*(C'\fR, no new dynamic tags will be
-created. By default, the new dynamic tags are not created. Note that
-those options are only available for \s-1ELF\s0 systems.
-.PP
-The i386 \s-1PE\s0 linker supports the \f(CW\*(C`\-shared\*(C'\fR option, which causes
-the output to be a dynamically linked library (\s-1DLL\s0) instead of a
-normal executable.  You should name the output \f(CW\*(C`*.dll\*(C'\fR when you
-use this option.  In addition, the linker fully supports the standard
-\&\f(CW\*(C`*.def\*(C'\fR files, which may be specified on the linker command line
-like an object file (in fact, it should precede archives it exports
-symbols from, to ensure that they get linked in, just like a normal
-object file).
-.PP
-In addition to the options common to all targets, the i386 \s-1PE\s0 linker
-support additional command line options that are specific to the i386
-\&\s-1PE\s0 target.  Options that take values may be separated from their
-values by either a space or an equals sign.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-add\-stdcall\-alias\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--add-stdcall-alias"
-If given, symbols with a stdcall suffix (@\fInn\fR) will be exported
-as-is and also with the suffix stripped.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-base\-file \f(CIfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--base-file file"
-Use \fIfile\fR as the name of a file in which to save the base
-addresses of all the relocations needed for generating DLLs with
-\&\fIdlltool\fR.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-dll\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--dll"
-Create a \s-1DLL\s0 instead of a regular executable.  You may also use
-\&\f(CW\*(C`\-shared\*(C'\fR or specify a \f(CW\*(C`LIBRARY\*(C'\fR in a given \f(CW\*(C`.def\*(C'\fR
-file.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-stdcall\-fixup\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--enable-stdcall-fixup"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-stdcall\-fixup\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--disable-stdcall-fixup"
-If the link finds a symbol that it cannot resolve, it will attempt to
-do \*(L"fuzzy linking\*(R" by looking for another defined symbol that differs
-only in the format of the symbol name (cdecl vs stdcall) and will
-resolve that symbol by linking to the match.  For example, the
-undefined symbol \f(CW\*(C`_foo\*(C'\fR might be linked to the function
-\&\f(CW\*(C`_foo@12\*(C'\fR, or the undefined symbol \f(CW\*(C`_bar@16\*(C'\fR might be linked
-to the function \f(CW\*(C`_bar\*(C'\fR.  When the linker does this, it prints a
-warning, since it normally should have failed to link, but sometimes
-import libraries generated from third-party dlls may need this feature
-to be usable.  If you specify \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-stdcall\-fixup\*(C'\fR, this
-feature is fully enabled and warnings are not printed.  If you specify
-\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-stdcall\-fixup\*(C'\fR, this feature is disabled and such
-mismatches are considered to be errors.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-export\-all\-symbols\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--export-all-symbols"
-If given, all global symbols in the objects used to build a \s-1DLL\s0 will
-be exported by the \s-1DLL\s0.  Note that this is the default if there
-otherwise wouldn't be any exported symbols.  When symbols are
-explicitly exported via \s-1DEF\s0 files or implicitly exported via function
-attributes, the default is to not export anything else unless this
-option is given.  Note that the symbols \f(CW\*(C`DllMain@12\*(C'\fR,
-\&\f(CW\*(C`DllEntryPoint@0\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`impure_ptr\*(C'\fR will not be automatically
-exported.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-exclude\-symbols \f(CIsymbol\f(CW,\f(CIsymbol\f(CW,...\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--exclude-symbols symbol,symbol,..."
-Specifies a list of symbols which should not be automatically
-exported.  The symbol names may be delimited by commas or colons.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-file\-alignment\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--file-alignment"
-Specify the file alignment.  Sections in the file will always begin at
-file offsets which are multiples of this number.  This defaults to
-512.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-heap \f(CIreserve\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--heap reserve"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-heap \f(CIreserve\f(CW,\f(CIcommit\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--heap reserve,commit"
-Specify the amount of memory to reserve (and optionally commit) to be
-used as heap for this program.  The default is 1Mb reserved, 4K
-committed.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-image\-base \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--image-base value"
-Use \fIvalue\fR as the base address of your program or dll.  This is
-the lowest memory location that will be used when your program or dll
-is loaded.  To reduce the need to relocate and improve performance of
-your dlls, each should have a unique base address and not overlap any
-other dlls.  The default is 0x400000 for executables, and 0x10000000
-for dlls.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-kill\-at\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--kill-at"
-If given, the stdcall suffixes (@\fInn\fR) will be stripped from
-symbols before they are exported.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-major\-image\-version \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--major-image-version value"
-Sets the major number of the \*(L"image version\*(R".  Defaults to 1.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-major\-os\-version \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--major-os-version value"
-Sets the major number of the \*(L"os version\*(R".  Defaults to 4.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-major\-subsystem\-version \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--major-subsystem-version value"
-Sets the major number of the \*(L"subsystem version\*(R".  Defaults to 4.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-minor\-image\-version \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--minor-image-version value"
-Sets the minor number of the \*(L"image version\*(R".  Defaults to 0.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-minor\-os\-version \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--minor-os-version value"
-Sets the minor number of the \*(L"os version\*(R".  Defaults to 0.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-minor\-subsystem\-version \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--minor-subsystem-version value"
-Sets the minor number of the \*(L"subsystem version\*(R".  Defaults to 0.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-output\-def \f(CIfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--output-def file"
-The linker will create the file \fIfile\fR which will contain a \s-1DEF\s0
-file corresponding to the \s-1DLL\s0 the linker is generating.  This \s-1DEF\s0 file
-(which should be called \f(CW\*(C`*.def\*(C'\fR) may be used to create an import
-library with \f(CW\*(C`dlltool\*(C'\fR or may be used as a reference to
-automatically or implicitly exported symbols.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-section\-alignment\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--section-alignment"
-Sets the section alignment.  Sections in memory will always begin at
-addresses which are a multiple of this number.  Defaults to 0x1000.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-stack \f(CIreserve\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--stack reserve"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-stack \f(CIreserve\f(CW,\f(CIcommit\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--stack reserve,commit"
-Specify the amount of memory to reserve (and optionally commit) to be
-used as stack for this program.  The default is 32Mb reserved, 4K
-committed.
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-subsystem \f(CIwhich\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--subsystem which"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-subsystem \f(CIwhich\f(CW:\f(CImajor\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--subsystem which:major"
-.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-subsystem \f(CIwhich\f(CW:\f(CImajor\f(CW.\f(CIminor\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
-.IX Item "--subsystem which:major.minor"
-Specifies the subsystem under which your program will execute.  The
-legal values for \fIwhich\fR are \f(CW\*(C`native\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`windows\*(C'\fR,
-\&\f(CW\*(C`console\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`posix\*(C'\fR.  You may optionally set the
-subsystem version also.
-.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
-.IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
-You can change the behavior of \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR with the environment variables
-\&\f(CW\*(C`GNUTARGET\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`LDEMULATION\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`COLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE\*(C'\fR.
-.PP
-\&\f(CW\*(C`GNUTARGET\*(C'\fR determines the input-file object format if you don't
-use \fB\-b\fR (or its synonym \fB\*(--format\fR).  Its value should be one
-of the \s-1BFD\s0 names for an input format.  If there is no
-\&\f(CW\*(C`GNUTARGET\*(C'\fR in the environment, \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR uses the natural format
-of the target. If \f(CW\*(C`GNUTARGET\*(C'\fR is set to \f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR then \s-1BFD\s0
-attempts to discover the input format by examining binary input files;
-this method often succeeds, but there are potential ambiguities, since
-there is no method of ensuring that the magic number used to specify
-object-file formats is unique.  However, the configuration procedure for
-\&\s-1BFD\s0 on each system places the conventional format for that system first
-in the search-list, so ambiguities are resolved in favor of convention.
-.PP
-\&\f(CW\*(C`LDEMULATION\*(C'\fR determines the default emulation if you don't use the
-\&\fB\-m\fR option.  The emulation can affect various aspects of linker
-behaviour, particularly the default linker script.  You can list the
-available emulations with the \fB\*(--verbose\fR or \fB\-V\fR options.  If
-the \fB\-m\fR option is not used, and the \f(CW\*(C`LDEMULATION\*(C'\fR environment
-variable is not defined, the default emulation depends upon how the
-linker was configured.
-.PP
-Normally, the linker will default to demangling symbols.  However, if
-\&\f(CW\*(C`COLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE\*(C'\fR is set in the environment, then it will
-default to not demangling symbols.  This environment variable is used in
-a similar fashion by the \f(CW\*(C`gcc\*(C'\fR linker wrapper program.  The default
-may be overridden by the \fB\*(--demangle\fR and \fB\*(--no-demangle\fR
-options.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
-\&\fIar\fR\|(1), \fInm\fR\|(1), \fIobjcopy\fR\|(1), \fIobjdump\fR\|(1), \fIreadelf\fR\|(1) and
-the Info entries for \fIbinutils\fR and
-\&\fIld\fR.
-.SH "COPYRIGHT"
-.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
-Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-.PP
-Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-under the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
-or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
-with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
-Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the
-section entitled \*(L"\s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License\*(R".