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<a name="Performing-the-Final-Link"></a>Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Adding-Symbols-to-the-Hash-Table.html#Adding-Symbols-to-the-Hash-Table">Adding Symbols to the Hash Table</a>,
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<h4 class="subsection">2.17.3 Performing the final link</h4>
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<p><a name="index-_005fbfd_005flink_005ffinal_005flink-in-target-vector-1375"></a><a name="index-target-vector-_0028_005fbfd_005ffinal_005flink_0029-1376"></a>When all the input files have been processed, the linker calls
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the <code>_bfd_final_link</code> entry point of the output BFD. This
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routine is responsible for producing the final output file,
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which has several aspects. It must relocate the contents of
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the input sections and copy the data into the output sections.
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It must build an output symbol table including any local
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symbols from the input files and the global symbols from the
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hash table. When producing relocatable output, it must
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modify the input relocs and write them into the output file.
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There may also be object format dependent work to be done.
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<p>The linker will also call the <code>write_object_contents</code> entry
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point when the BFD is closed. The two entry points must work
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<code>_bfd_final_link</code> routine is <code>NAME(aout,final_link)</code>.
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