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1.\"	$OpenBSD: ldd.1,v 1.10 2012/09/17 21:13:50 jmc Exp $
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27.Dd $Mdocdate: September 17 2012 $
28.Dt LDD 1
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm ldd
32.Nd list dynamic object dependencies
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm ldd
35.\".Op Fl x
36.Ar program ...
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38.Nm
39displays the shared objects needed to run
40.Ar program .
41.Nm
42uses the
43.Dv DT_NEEDED
44tags to determine what dynamic objects are required.
45To list the objects
46.Nm
47sets the environment variable
48.Ev LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS
49and then execs
50.Ar program .
51.\".Pp
52.\"If
53.\".Nm
54.\"is invoked with the
55.\".Fl x
56.\"flag, the tags from
57.\".Ar program
58.\"are listed without using current ldconfig configuration.
59.Sh EXIT STATUS
60.Ex -std ldd
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr ld.so 1 ,
63.Xr ldconfig 8
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