The B<llvm-ar> command is similar to the common Unix utility, C<ar>. It
archives several files together into a single file. The intent for this is
-to produce archive libraries by LLVM bytecode that can be linked into an
+to produce archive libraries by LLVM bitcode that can be linked into an
LLVM program. However, the archive can contain any kind of file. By default,
B<llvm-ar> generates a symbol table that makes linking faster because
only the symbol table needs to be consulted, not each individual file member
=item I<Symbol Table>
-Since B<llvm-ar> is intended to archive bytecode files, the symbol table
+Since B<llvm-ar> is intended to archive bitcode files, the symbol table
won't make much sense to anything but LLVM. Consequently, the symbol table's
format has been simplified. It consists simply of a sequence of pairs
of a file member index number as an LSB 4byte integer and a null-terminated
When B<llvm-ar> prints out the verbose table of contents (C<tv> option), it
precedes the usual output with a character indicating the basic kind of
content in the file. A blank means the file is a regular file. A 'Z' means
-the file is compressed. A 'B' means the file is an LLVM bytecode file. An
+the file is compressed. A 'B' means the file is an LLVM bitcode file. An
'S' means the file is the symbol table.
=back
Print files to the standard output. The F<k> modifier applies to this
operation. This operation simply prints the F<files> indicated to the
standard output. If no F<files> are specified, the entire archive is printed.
-Printing bytecode files is ill-advised as they might confuse your terminal
+Printing bitcode files is ill-advised as they might confuse your terminal
settings. The F<p> operation never modifies the archive.
=item q[Rfz]
Print the table of contents. Without any modifiers, this operation just prints
the names of the members to the standard output. With the F<v> modifier,
-B<llvm-ar> also prints out the file type (B=bytecode, Z=compressed, S=symbol
+B<llvm-ar> also prints out the file type (B=bitcode, Z=compressed, S=symbol
table, blank=regular file), the permission mode, the owner and group, the
size, and the date. If any F<files> are specified, the listing is only for
those files. If no F<files> are specified, the table of contents for the
=item [k]
-Normally, B<llvm-ar> will not print the contents of bytecode files when the
+Normally, B<llvm-ar> will not print the contents of bitcode files when the
F<p> operation is used. This modifier defeats the default and allows the
-bytecode members to be printed.
+bitcode members to be printed.
=item [N]
When inserting or replacing any file in the archive, compress the file first.
This
-modifier is safe to use when (previously) compressed bytecode files are added to
-the archive; the compressed bytecode files will not be doubly compressed.
+modifier is safe to use when (previously) compressed bitcode files are added to
+the archive; the compressed bitcode files will not be doubly compressed.
=back
This modifier requests that an archive index (or symbol table) be added to the
archive. This is the default mode of operation. The symbol table will contain
all the externally visible functions and global variables defined by all the
-bytecode files in the archive. Using this modifier is more efficient that using
+bitcode files in the archive. Using this modifier is more efficient that using
L<llvm-ranlib|llvm-ranlib> which also creates the symbol table.
=item [S]
=item offset - vbr encoded 32-bit integer
-The offset item provides the offset into the archive file where the bytecode
+The offset item provides the offset into the archive file where the bitcode
member is stored that is associated with the symbol. The offset value is 0
based at the start of the first "normal" file member. To derive the actual
file offset of the member, you must add the number of bytes occupied by the file
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<llvm-ranlib|llvm-ranlib>, L<ar(1)>
+L<llvm-ranlib|llvm-ranlib>, ar(1)
=head1 AUTHORS
projects / oota-llvm.git / blobdiff