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LDD(1)			     General Commands Manual			  LDD(1)

NAME
     ldd -- list dynamic object dependencies

SYNOPSIS
     ldd [-v] [-f format] program ...

DESCRIPTION
     The  ldd  utility	displays  all  shared objects that are needed to run the
     given program or to load the given shared object.	Contrary to  nm(1),  the
     list  includes "indirect" dependencies that are the result of needed shared
     objects which themselves depend on yet other shared objects.

     Zero, one or two -f options may be given.	The argument is a format  string
     passed  to  rtld(1)  and allows customization of ldd's output.  See rtld(1)
     for a list of recognized conversion characters.

     The -v option displays an verbose listing of the  dynamic	linking  headers
     encoded  in  the executable.  See the source code and include files for the
     definitive meaning of all the fields.

SEE ALSO
     ld(1), nm(1), rtld(1)

HISTORY
     A ldd utility first appeared in SunOS 4.0, it appeared in its current  form
     in FreeBSD 1.1.

     The -v support is based on code written by John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>

FreeBSD 4.7			October 22, 1993			  LDD(1)

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