lorder (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

lorder – list dependencies for object files

SYNOPSIS

file …

DESCRIPTION

The utility uses nm(1) to determine interdependencies in the list of object files and library archives specified on the command line. The utility outputs a list of file names where the first file contains a symbol which is defined by the second file.

The output is normally used with tsort(1) when a library is created to determine the optimum ordering of the object modules so that all references may be resolved in a single pass of the loader.

When linking static binaries, and tsort(1) can be used to properly order library archives automatically.

ENVIRONMENT

NM

Path to the nm(1) binary, defaults to “nm ”

NMFLAGS

Flags to pass to nm(1).

EXAMPLES

ar cr library.a `lorder ${OBJS} | tsort` cc - o foo $
{
    OBJS
}
`lorder ${STATIC_LIBS} | tsort`

SEE ALSO

ar(1), ld(1), nm(1), ranlib(1), tsort(1)

HISTORY

A utility appeared in AT&T System v7 .

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