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.\"     $OpenBSD: ldd.1,v 1.2 1999/09/23 04:11:58 alex Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Per Fogelstrom
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
.\" are met:
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.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\"     This product includes software developed under OpenBSD by
.\"     Per Fogelstrom.
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.\"
.Dd October 4, 1996
.Dt LDD 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ldd
.Nd list dynamic object dependencies
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ldd
.Op Fl x
.Ar program
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm ldd
displays the shared objects needed to run
.Ar program.
.Nm ldd
uses the
.Nm DT_NEEDED
tags to determine what dynamic objects are required. To list the objects
.Nm ldd
sets the environment variable
.Nm LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS
and then execs
.Ar program
.
.Pp
If
.Nm ldd
is invoked with the
.Nm -x
flag, the tags from
.Ar program
are listed without using current ldconfig configuration.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ldconfig 8 ,
.Xr ld.so 8
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status 0 if no error. Exit status 1 if arg error. Exit status 2 if
.Ar program
can't be read. If
.Nm ldd
fails to open the program file a message is printed.