


      LORDER(1)                   (bsd 4.2)                   LORDER(1)



      NAME
           lorder - find ordering relation for an object library

      SYNTAX
           lorder file ...

      DESCRIPTION
           The input is one or more object or library archive (see
           ar(1)) files. The standard output is a list of pairs of
           object file names, meaning that 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(1).

           This brash one-liner intends to build a new library from
           existing `.o' files.

                ar cr library `lorder *.o | tsort`

           The need for lorder may be vitiated by use of ranlib(1),
           which converts an ordered archive into a randomly accessed
           library.

      FILES
           *symref, *symdef
           nm(1), sed(1), sort(1), join(1)

      SEE ALSO
           tsort(1), ld(1), ar(1), ranlib(1)

      BUGS
           The names of object files, in and out of libraries, must end
           with `.o'; nonsense results otherwise.






















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