LLVM-LINK(1)

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version 13.0.1 · 5 versions
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okay so this is the LLVM manual page for llvm-link, and honestly? she's a whole vibe. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

llvm-link — the LLVM bitcode linker. that's her. that's the whole job. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

llvm-link [options] filename …

yep, that's it. options, then a bunch of filenames, go crazy 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what does she actually do? llvm-link takes several LLVM bitcode files and links them together into a single LLVM bitcode file. that's the entire arc. main character energy fr 🔥

the way it works: it writes the output file to standard output, unless you use the -o option to specify a filename. so like, if you don't say where it goes, it just goes straight to stdout. no cap. 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -f — enable binary output on terminals. normally, llvm-link will refuse to write raw bitcode output if the output stream is a terminal (she's got boundaries, okay?). with this option, llvm-link will write raw bitcode regardless of the output device. so yeah, it just does it anyway 🙈
  • -o filename — specify the output file name. and if filename is -, then llvm-link will write its output to standard output. cute little shortcut, iykyk 💖
  • -S — write output in LLVM intermediate language (instead of bitcode). so, human-ish readable instead of the raw binary vibes ✨
  • -d — if specified, llvm-link prints a human-readable version of the output bitcode file to standard error. not to stdout, bestie, to stderr. she's very specific about that 💅
  • -help — print a summary of command line options. the classic "wait what were the flags again" move 🫶
  • -v — verbose mode. print information about what llvm-link is doing. this typically includes a message for each bitcode file linked in and for each library found. she's narrating her own life and honestly? we love that for her 🌈

🌟 EXIT STATUS 🌟

if llvm-link succeeds, it will exit with 0. otherwise, if an error occurs, it will exit with a non-zero value. so like, 0 = slay, non-zero = something went sideways 😭

👑 AUTHOR 👑

maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/). iconic behavior, no notes 💜

2003-2023, LLVM Project

that's the whole page, bestie 🧚 and btw — this was version 13 of the man page, dated 2023-07-14, so if you're citing her in an essay, that's the receipt ⭐ go forth and link that bitcode 💀💖

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