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								<!--
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								This file documents the GNU linker LD
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								(GNU Binutils)
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								version 2.19.
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								Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000,
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								2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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								Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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								under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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								or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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								with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
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								Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the
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								<a name="Overview"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Invocation.html#Invocation">Invocation</a>,
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								<h2 class="chapter">1 Overview</h2>
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								<p><a name="index-_0040sc_007bgnu_007d-linker-1"></a><a name="index-what-is-this_003f-2"></a>
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								<!-- man begin DESCRIPTION -->
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								<p><span class="command">ld</span> combines a number of object and archive files, relocates
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								their data and ties up symbol references. Usually the last step in
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								compiling a program is to run <span class="command">ld</span>.
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								   <p><span class="command">ld</span> accepts Linker Command Language files written in
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								a superset of AT&T's Link Editor Command Language syntax,
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								to provide explicit and total control over the linking process.
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								   <p>This version of <span class="command">ld</span> uses the general purpose BFD libraries
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								to operate on object files. This allows <span class="command">ld</span> to read, combine, and
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								write object files in many different formats—for example, COFF or
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								<code>a.out</code>.  Different formats may be linked together to produce any
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								available kind of object file.  See <a href="BFD.html#BFD">BFD</a>, for more information.
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								   <p>Aside from its flexibility, the <span class="sc">gnu</span> linker is more helpful than other
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								linkers in providing diagnostic information.  Many linkers abandon
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								execution immediately upon encountering an error; whenever possible,
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								<span class="command">ld</span> continues executing, allowing you to identify other errors
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								(or, in some cases, to get an output file in spite of the error).
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								<!-- man end -->
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