eld Manual
Table Of Contents
- eld Manual
- Legal Notices
- Contents
- What’s New in This Manual
- Manual Information
- New and Changed Information
- About This Manual
- Notation Conventions
- 1 Introduction to eld
- 2 eld Input and Output
- 3 Binding of References
- Overview
- Presetting Loadfiles
- To Preset or Not to Preset, and Creation of the LIC
- Handling Unresolved References
- Using User Libraries
- Creating Import Libraries
- Ignoring Optional Libraries
- Merging Symbols Found in Input Linkfiles
- Accepting Multiply-Defined Symbols
- Using the -cross_dll_cleanup option
- Specifying Which Symbols to Export, and Creating the Export Digest
- Public Libraries and DLLs
- The Public Library Registry
- 4 Other eld Processing
- Adjusting Loadfiles: The -alf Option
- Additional rules about -alf
- The -set and -change Options
- eld Functionality for 64-Bit
- Checking the C++ Language Dialect
- Renaming Symbols
- Creating Linker-Defined Symbols
- Updating Or Stripping DWARF Symbol Table Information
- Modifying the Data Sections that Contain Stack Unwinding Information
- Creating the MCB
- Processing of Floating Point Versions and Data Models
- Specification of the Main Entry Point
- Specifying Runtime Search Path Information for DLLs
- Merging Source RTDUs
- 5 Summary of Linker Options
- 6 Output Listings and Error Handling
- A TNS/E Native Object Files
- Glossary
- Index
Summary of Linker Options
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-exported_symbol <symbol name>
Export the specified symbol from the loadfile being created. See Specifying Which
Symbols to Export, and Creating the Export Digest on page 3-20.
-export_not
synonym for -hidden_symbol.
-first_L <location>
The specified directory or subvolume is one of the places where the linker will look
for DLLs and archives before it looks for public DLLs. See The Steps in Looking for
Archives and DLLs on page 2-17.
-FL
synonym for -obey.
-grow_data_amount <number>
Leave the specified amount of slack space in virtual memory for the data of this
DLL. See Using a DLL Registry on page 2-8.
-grow_limit <number>
Use the specified value as the total amount of memory reserved for this DLL.
See Using a DLL Registry on page 2-8.
-grow_percent <number>
Leave the specified percentage of slack space in virtual memory for each of the
text and data segments of this DLL. See Using a DLL Registry on page 2-8.
-grow_text_amount <number>
Leave the specified amount of slack space in virtual memory for the text of this
DLL. See Using a DLL Registry
on page 2-8.
-hidden_symbol <symbol name>
Do not export the specified symbol. See Specifying Which Symbols to Export, and
Creating the Export Digest on page 3-20
-import_lib <filename>
Build a complete or incomplete import library with the specified filename in addition
to creating a new DLL. See Creating Import Libraries
on page 3-11.
-import_lib_stripped <filename>
Build a complete or incomplete import library with the specified filename in addition
to creating a new DLL, and strip the DWARF symbol table from the import library.
See Updating Or Stripping DWARF Symbol Table Information
on page 4-14.