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LDD(1)                        Linux Programmer's Manual                        LDD(1)

NAME         top

       ldd - print shared library dependencies

SYNOPSIS         top

       ldd [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION         top

       ldd prints the shared libraries required by each program or shared library
       specified on the command line.

OPTIONS         top

       --version
              Print the version number of ldd.

       -v --verbose
              Print all information, including, for example, symbol versioning
              information.

       -u --unused
              Print unused direct dependencies.  (Since glibc 2.3.4.)

       -d --data-relocs
              Perform relocations and report any missing objects (ELF only).

       -r --function-relocs
              Perform relocations for both data objects and functions, and report any
              missing objects or functions (ELF only).

       --help Usage information.

NOTES         top

       The standard version of ldd comes with glibc2.  Libc5 came with an older
       version, still present on some systems.  The long options are not supported by
       the libc5 version.  On the other hand, the glibc2 version does not support -V
       and only has the equivalent --version.

       The libc5 version of this program will use the name of a library given on the
       command line as-is when it contains a '/'; otherwise it searches for the
       library in the standard locations.  To run it on a shared library in the
       current directory, prefix the name with "./".

BUGS         top

       ldd does not work on a.out shared libraries.

       ldd does not work with some extremely old a.out programs which were built
       before ldd support was added to the compiler releases.  If you use ldd on one
       of these programs, the program will attempt to run with argc = 0 and the
       results will be unpredictable.

SEE ALSO         top

       ld.so(8), ldconfig(8)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 3.32 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found
       at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

                                      2000-10-30                               LDD(1)

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