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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-shared
Create a DLL. See Output Object Files on page 2-4.
-show_multiple_defs
Put information into the listing about symbols that are defined in more than one of
the input linkfiles. See Accepting Multiply-Defined Symbols on page 3-17
-soname <filename>
Specify the DLL name for the DLL being created. See Output Object Files on
page 2-4.
-stdin
Use the standard input file as an obey file. See Obey Files and the Use of
Standard Input on page 1-7.
-strip <filename>
Remove the DWARF symbol table from an existing loadfile or import library.
See Updating Or Stripping DWARF Symbol Table Information
on page 4-14.
rld_unresolved error | warn | ignore error Handling
Unresolved
References on
page 3-8
runnamed on | off off The -set and -
change Options on
page 4-8
saveabend on | off off The -set and -
change Options on
page 4-8
space_guarantee < number> 0 The -set and -
change Options on
page 4-8
systype guardian | oss (depends on the
platform)
Target Platforms
on
page 2-2
User_buffers on | off off The -set and -
change Options on
page 4-8
Table 5-1. Set Attributes
Attribute Name Allowable Values Default
See Section for
Details










