lorder(1)                                                  lorder(1)


       NAME
             lorder - find ordering relation for an object library

       SYNOPSIS
             lorder file . . .

       DESCRIPTION
             The input is one or more object or library archive files [see
             ar(1)].  If file is -, standard input is used.  The standard
             output is a list of pairs of object file or archive member
             names; the first file of the pair refers to external
             identifiers 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 archive in the
             portable archive format [see ar(4)] 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 tmpnam(3S)].

       REFERENCES
             ar(1), ar(4), ld(1), tmpnam(3S), tsort(1)

       NOTICES
             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.






                           Copyright 1994 Novell, Inc.               Page 1