LLVM-LINK(1)

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version 14.0.6 · 8 versions
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okay so this is the llvm-link manual page, from the LLVM manual set, and bestie I'm about to make linking bitcode files feel like the most slay thing you do all day 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

llvm-link — the LLVM bitcode linker 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

llvm-link [options] filename …

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so picture this: you've got a bunch of LLVM bitcode files just sitting there, minding their business, and llvm-link takes all of them and links them together into one single LLVM bitcode file. it's giving friendship bracelet, it's giving found family 🫶

and where does that shiny new file go? standard output, obviously — unless you use the -o option to name a file. periodt.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -f — enables binary output on terminals. normally llvm-link is lowkey a hater about writing raw bitcode output when the output stream is a terminal, and it will straight up refuse. with this flag? it writes that raw bitcode regardless of the output device. no vibe check, just output 💀
  • -o filename — names the output file, bestie. specify what you want it called. and if filename is -, then llvm-link writes its output to standard output instead. cute, right? 😌
  • -S — writes the output in LLVM intermediate language instead of bitcode. it's the same tea, different cup 🍓
  • -d — if you specify this, llvm-link prints a human-readable version of the output bitcode file to standard error. so you can actually read it with your eyeballs. iconic.
  • -help — prints a summary of the command line options. the "hey what are my choices" button 🙈
  • -v — verbose mode 🔥 prints info about what llvm-link is doing. this typically includes a message for each bitcode file linked in and for each library found. main character narration energy fr fr.

🌈 EXIT STATUS 🌈

if llvm-link succeeds, it exits with 0 ✨

otherwise, if an error occurs, it exits with a non-zero value. not the vibe, but at least you know 😭

👑 AUTHOR 👑

maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/) — yeah, they're the ones keeping this whole operation running 💜

2003-2025, LLVM Project

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was LLVM version 14, dated 2025-05-22, from the LLVM-LINK(1) manual. go link some bitcode, you absolute legend 💖✨🌸

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