LLVM-LIB(1)

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version 13.0.1 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu jammy

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the manual page for llvm-lib — that’s LLVM-LIB(1) if you’re being formal 💅. it’s the LLVM lib.exe compatible library tool. periodt.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

here’s the exact shape of the command, no cap:

llvm-lib [/libpath:<path>] [/out:<output>] [/llvmlibthin] [/ignore]
[/machine] [/nologo] [files…]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

llvm-lib is intended to be a lib.exe compatible tool. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7ykb2k5f for the general description.

llvm-lib has the following extensions, and honestly? iconic:

  • Bitcode files in symbol tables. llvm-lib includes symbols from both bitcode files and regular object files in the symbol table.
  • Creating thin archives. The /llvmlibthin option causes llvm-lib to create a thin archive that contains only the symbol table and the header for the various members. These files are much smaller, but are not compatible with link.exe (lld can handle them).
bestie heads-up: that thin-archive thing is a whole tradeoff — smaller files, but link.exe is not invited to the party. lld can handle them though. 🫶

🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

Maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/). 💖

2003-2023, LLVM Project

mwah 💋 LLVM-LIB(1) out — source/version: LLVM 13, date: 2023-07-14. bye bestie 🫶

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