(bfd.info) Performing the Final Link

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(bfd.info) Linker Functions

 
 Performing the final link
 -------------------------
 
    When all the input files have been processed, the linker calls the
 `_bfd_final_link' entry point of the output BFD.  This routine is
 responsible for producing the final output file, which has several
 aspects.  It must relocate the contents of the input sections and copy
 the data into the output sections.  It must build an output symbol
 table including any local symbols from the input files and the global
 symbols from the hash table.  When producing relocateable output, it
 must modify the input relocs and write them into the output file.
 There may also be object format dependent work to be done.
 
    The linker will also call the `write_object_contents' entry point
 when the BFD is closed.  The two entry points must work together in
 order to produce the correct output file.
 
    The details of how this works are inevitably dependent upon the
 specific object file format.  The a.out `_bfd_final_link' routine is
 `NAME(aout,final_link)'.
 

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* Information provided by the linker
* Relocating the section contents
* Writing the symbol table
 

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