LLVM-LIB(1)

💖 LLVM-LIB(1) — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is llvm-lib, straight outta section 1 of the LLVM manual, and I need you to be seated for this one because it's lowkey iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

llvm-lib — the LLVM lib.exe compatible library tool 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

that's the whole vibe check right there, bestie. those are the flags, exactly as they are, no notes 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so llvm-lib is intended to be a lib.exe compatible tool. that's the mission statement. the general description lives over at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7ykb2k5f if you wanna go read the lore yourself, i'm not gonna gatekeep.

but here's the part that's actually giving main character energy — llvm-lib has extensions. plural. let's go:

• Bitcode files in symbol tables. llvm-lib includes symbols from both bitcode files and regular object files in the symbol table. not one or the other, bestie, both. periodt.
• Creating thin archives. the /llvmlibthin option makes llvm-lib create a thin archive that contains only the symbol table and the header for the various members. these files are much smaller — like, tiny, adorable, so slay — but they are not compatible with link.exe. that's the tradeoff, no cap. (lld can handle them, so if that's your girl, you're fine 🧚)

⚠️ real talk: if you go thin archive and then try to feed it to link.exe, that's not gonna work. the manpage says so, i'm just the messenger. lld handles them, link.exe does not. write that down 📝

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/). they're the ones keeping this thing fed and hydrated, we love them for it 💜

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

2003-2024, LLVM Project. iconic run honestly, twenty-one years of service ⭐

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and that's the whole page!! mwah 💋 this was LLVM-LIB(1), page 15, dated 2024-04-14, part of the LLVM project — go forth and archive responsibly, bestie 🌈💖