LLVM-LIB(1)

okay so bestie, welcome to the LLVM-LIB(1) page — that's the LLVM manual, and the main character is llvm-lib, the LLVM lib.exe compatible library tool. Let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

llvm-lib — LLVM lib.exe compatible library tool. That's the name, that's the vibe, and yes it ate. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

Grab those flags exactly as written, bestie — no renaming, no merging, no “fixing” the spelling. 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

The llvm-lib command is intended to be a lib.exe compatible tool. For the general description, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7ykb2k5f. Literally that link, no cap. 🔥

llvm-lib has the following extensions, and they're kind of iconic:

• Bitcode files in symbol tables. llvm-lib includes symbols from both bitcode files and regular object files in the symbol table. Both kinds, in the symbol table — slay. ✨
• Creating thin archives. The /llvmlibthin option causes llvm-lib to create thin archive that contain 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). 👀

💀 Caveat check: those thin archives are much smaller, but not compatible with link.exe — lld can handle them. Do not skip this, bestie.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/). We stan. 👑

🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

2003-2025, LLVM Project — that's the whole copyright line, periodt. 🎀

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