1 llvm-lib - LLVM lib.exe compatible library tool 2 =============================================== 3 4 5 SYNOPSIS 6 -------- 7 8 9 **llvm-lib** [/libpath:<path>] [/out:<output>] [/llvmlibthin] 10 [/ignore] [/machine] [/nologo] [files...] 11 12 13 DESCRIPTION 14 ----------- 15 16 17 The **llvm-lib** command is intended to be a ``lib.exe`` compatible 18 tool. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7ykb2k5f for the 19 general description. 20 21 **llvm-lib** has the following extensions: 22 23 * Bitcode files in symbol tables. 24 **llvm-lib** includes symbols from both bitcode files and regular 25 object files in the symbol table. 26 27 * Creating thin archives. 28 The /llvmlibthin option causes **llvm-lib** to create thin archive 29 that contain only the symbol table and the header for the various 30 members. These files are much smaller, but are not compatible with 31 link.exe (lld can handle them). 32