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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:19:48 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:19:48 +0000
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The .Nm utility
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diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.1 b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.1
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@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
.Nm rtld
.Nd run-time link-editor
.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
.Nm
-is a self-contained shared object providing run-time
+utility is a self-contained shared object providing run-time
support for loading and link-editing shared objects into a process'
address space.
It is also commonly known as the dynamic linker.
@@ -56,8 +57,9 @@ to be called on a per-object basis, giving a shared object an opportunity
to perform any extra set-up before execution of the program proper begins.
This is useful for C++ libraries that contain static constructors.
.Pp
+The
.Nm
-itself is loaded by the kernel together with any dynamically-linked
+utility itself is loaded by the kernel together with any dynamically-linked
program that is to be executed.
The kernel transfers control to the
dynamic linker.
@@ -73,7 +75,9 @@ file prepared by the
.Xr ldconfig 8
utility.
.Pp
+The
.Nm
+utility
recognizes a number of environment variables that can be used to modify
its behaviour as follows:
.Pp
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