LORDER(1)LORDER(1)NAME
lorder - find ordering relation for an object or library archive
SYNOPSIS
lorder filename...
DESCRIPTION
The input is one or more object or library archive filenames (see
ar(1)). The standard output is a list of pairs of object file or ar‐
chive member names; the first file of the pair refers to external iden‐
tifiers defined in the second. The output may be processed by tsort(1)
to find an ordering of a library suitable for one-pass access by ld.
Note that the link editor ld is capable of multiple passes over an ar‐
chive in the portable archive format (see ar.h(3HEAD)) and does not
require that lorder be used when building an archive. The usage of
the lorder command may, however, allow for a more efficient access of
the archive during the link edit process.
The following example builds a new library from existing .o files.
ar -cr library `lorder *.o | tsort`
FILES
TMPDIR/*symref
temporary files
TMPDIR/*symdef
temporary files
TMPDIR
usually /var/tmp but can be redefined by setting the
environment variable TMPDIR (see tempnam() in tmp‐
nam(3C))
SEE ALSOar(1), ld(1), tsort(1), tmpnam(3C), ar.h(3HEAD), attributes(5)NOTES
lorder will accept as input any object or archive file, regardless of
its suffix, provided there is more than one input file. If there is but
a single input file, its suffix must be .o.
The length of the filename for TMPDIR is limited to whatever sed
allows.
Oct 29, 1991 LORDER(1)