LORDER(1)                                                            LORDER(1)



NAME
       lorder - find ordering relation for an object library

SYNOPSIS
       lorder file ...

DESCRIPTION
       The  input  is one or more object or library archive (see _a_r(1)) _f_i_l_e_s_.
       The standard output is a list of pairs of object  file  names,  meaning
       that  the first file of the pair refers to external identifiers defined
       in the second.  The output may be processed  by  _t_s_o_r_t(1)  to  find  an
       ordering of a library suitable for one-pass access by _l_d(1).

       This  brash one-liner intends to build a new library from existing ‘.o’
       files.

              ar cr library `lorder *.o | tsort`

       The need for lorder may be vitiated by use of _r_a_n_l_i_b(1), which converts
       an ordered archive into a randomly accessed library.

FILES
       *symref, *symdef
       nm(1), sed(1), sort(1), join(1)

SEE ALSO
       tsort(1), ld(1), ar(1), ranlib(1)

BUGS
       The names of object files, in and out of libraries, must end with ‘.o’;
       nonsense results otherwise.



4th Berkeley Distribution       April 29, 1985                       LORDER(1)