GNU Loader

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GNU Loader (or GNU ld) is the GNU Project's implementation of the Unix command ld. GNU ld runs the linker, which creates an executable file from object files created during compilation of a software project.

The name of the command originated as an abbreviation for " load".

GNU Loader is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

[edit] See also

• Binary File Descriptor (libbfd)

[edit] External link

• Using ld, the ld manual on the GNU website