LLVM-LIBTOOL-DARWIN(1)

💖 LLVM-LIBTOOL-DARWIN(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is llvm-libtool-darwin — it lives in the LLVM manual pages (section 1, iykyk) and it's literally the moment you've been waiting for if you've ever wanted to make libraries on Darwin. pull up a chair. 🫶

---

✨ NAME ✨

llvm-libtool-darwin — the LLVM tool for creating libraries for Darwin. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 👑

---

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

llvm-libtool-darwin [options] <input files>

---

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically, llvm-libtool-darwin is the tool for creating static and dynamic libraries for Darwin. main character energy fr fr.

and the tea is: for most scenarios, it works as a drop-in replacement for cctools' libtool. no cap. you just swap it in and go. 💅

---

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

llvm-libtool-darwin supports the following options, and yes, we're listing every single one because you deserve the full picture:

• -arch_only <architecture> — builds a static library only for the <architecture> you name, and ignores literally every other architecture hanging out in the files. pick your fave, ditch the rest. 🙈
• -D — uses zero for timestamps and UIDs/GIDs. this one is set by default, so you're already living this life unless you say otherwise. ✨
• -filelist <listfile[,dirname]> — reads input file names from <listfile>. the names go in there one per line, separated only by newlines. heads up: whitespace on a line is assumed to be part of the filename, so no sneaky spacing shenanigans. and if you also specify the directory name, dirname, then it gets prepended to each file name in the <listfile>. cute. 🌸
• -h, -help — shows help and usage for this command. when in doubt, ask for help bestie. 🫶
• -l <x> — searches for the library libx.a in the library search path. here's the twist: if the string <x> ends with '.o', then the library 'x' is searched for without prepending 'lib' or appending '.a'. if the library is found, it's added to the list of input files. otherwise, an error is raised. 💀
• -L <dir> — adds <dir> to the list of directories to search for libraries. the directories get searched in the order they were specified with -L, and before the default search path. the default search path includes the directories /lib, /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib. know your paths, bestie. 🌈
• -no_warning_for_no_symbols — do not warn about files that have no symbols. sometimes silence is golden. 🙈
• -warnings_as_errors — produces a non-zero exit status if any warnings are emitted. warnings said "we're errors now" and honestly, valid. 🔥
• -o <filename> — specifies the output file name. must be specified exactly once — not zero times, not twice. once. periodt. 👑
• -static — produces a static library from the input files. classic. 💜
• -U — uses actual timestamps and UIDs/GIDs. (yes, this is the opposite of -D. glow-up vs. zero-out.) ✨
• -V — displays the version of this program and performs any operation specified. so it tells you who it is while doing the thing. multitasking queen. 💅
• -version — displays the version of this program and exits immediately. no further business, thank you, bye. 🎀

---

⭐ EXIT STATUS ⭐

llvm-libtool-darwin exits with a non-zero exit code if there is an error. otherwise, it exits with code 0. simple as that, bestie. 😌

---

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? not the cute kind? to report bugs, please visit <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/>. the devs wanna hear it, fr fr. 🫶

---

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• llvm-ar(1) <llvm-ar.html>

---

👑 Author 👑

maintained by the LLVM Team (<https://llvm.org/>). icons only. 💖

---

🎀 Copyright 🎀

2003-2026, LLVM Project

---

and that's the whole page bestie!! this manual page is from LLVM, dated 2026-07-16, page 22 in the LLVM-LIBTOOL-DARWIN(1) lineup. go build something iconic with it. mwah. 💅✨🦋