diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'ldso/man/ld.so.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | ldso/man/ld.so.8 | 113 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 113 deletions
diff --git a/ldso/man/ld.so.8 b/ldso/man/ld.so.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 59ec8530d..000000000 --- a/ldso/man/ld.so.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,113 +0,0 @@ -.TH ld.so 8 "14 March 1998" -.SH NAME -ld.so/ld-linux.so \- dynamic linker/loader -.SH DESCRIPTION -.B ld.so -loads the shared libraries needed by a program, prepares the program -to run, and then runs it. -Unless explicitly specified via the -.B \-static -option to -.B ld -during compilation, all Linux programs are incomplete and require -further linking at run time. -.PP -The necessary shared libraries needed by the program are searched for -in the following order -.IP o -Using the environment variable -.B LD_LIBRARY_PATH -.RB ( LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH -for a.out programs). -Except if the executable is a setuid/setgid binary, in which case it -is ignored. -.IP o -From the cache file -.BR /etc/ld.so.cache -which contains a compiled list of candidate libraries previously found -in the augmented library path. -.IP o -In the default path -.BR /usr/lib , -and then -.BR /lib . -.SH ENVIRONMENT -.TP -.B LD_LIBRARY_PATH -A colon-separated list of directories in which to search for -ELF libraries at execution-time. -Similar to the -.B PATH -environment variable. -.TP -.B LD_PRELOAD -A whitespace-separated list of additional, user-specified, ELF shared -libraries to be loaded before all others. -This can be used to selectively override functions in other shared libraries. -For setuid/setgid ELF binaries, only libraries in the standard search -directories that are also setgid will be loaded. -.TP -.B LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS -If present, causes the program to list its dynamic library dependencies, -as if run by ldd, instead of running normally. -.TP -.B LD_BIND_NOW -If present, causes the dynamic linker to resolve all symbols at program -startup instead of when they are first referenced. -.TP -.B LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH -A colon-separated list of directories in which to search for -a.out libraries at execution-time. -Similar to the -.B PATH -environment variable. -.TP -.B LD_AOUT_PRELOAD -The name of an additional, user-specified, a.out shared library to be loaded -after all others. -This can be used to selectively override functions in other shared libraries. -.TP -.B LD_NOWARN -Suppress warnings about a.out libraries with incompatible minor -version numbers. -.TP -.B LD_KEEPDIR -Don't ignore the directory in the names of a.out libraries to be loaded. -Use of this option is strongly discouraged. -.SH FILES -.PD 0 -.TP 20 -.B /lib/ld.so -a.out dynamic linker/loader -.TP 20 -.B /lib/ld-linux.so.* -ELF dynamic linker/loader -.TP -.B /etc/ld.so.cache -File containing a compiled list of directories in which to search for -libraries and an ordered list of candidate libraries. -.TP -.B /etc/ld.so.preload -File containing a whitespace separated list of ELF shared libraries to -be loaded before the program. -libraries and an ordered list of candidate libraries. -.TP -.B lib*.so* -shared libraries -.PD -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR ldd (1), -.BR ldconfig (8). -.SH BUGS -.LP -Currently -.B ld.so -has no means of unloading and searching for compatible or newer version of -libraries. -.PP -.B ld.so -functionality is only available for executables compiled using libc version -4.4.3 or greater. -.SH AUTHORS -David Engel, Eric Youngdale, Peter MacDonald, Hongjiu Lu, Linus -Torvalds, Lars Wirzenius and Mitch D'Souza (not necessarily in that order). |