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32.Dd April 28, 1995
33.Dt LORDER 1
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm lorder
37.Nd list dependencies for object files
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Ar
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44utility uses
45.Xr nm 1
46to determine interdependencies in the list of object files
47specified on the command line.
48.Nm
49outputs a list of file names where the first file contains a symbol
50which is defined by the second file.
51.Pp
52The output is normally used with
53.Xr tsort 1
54when a library is created to determine the optimum ordering of the
55object modules so that all references may be resolved in a single
56pass of the loader.
57.Sh EXAMPLES
58.Bd -literal -offset indent
59ar cr library.a `lorder ${OBJS} | tsort`
60.Ed
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr ar 1 ,
63.Xr ld 1 ,
64.Xr nm 1 ,
65.Xr ranlib 1 ,
66.Xr tsort 1
67.Sh HISTORY
68An
69.Nm
70utility appeared in
71.At v7 .
72