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.Dd $Mdocdate: April 29 2011 $ .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 displays the shared objects needed to run .Ar program . .Nm uses the .Dv DT_NEEDED tags to determine what dynamic objects are required. To list the objects .Nm sets the environment variable .Ev LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS and then execs .Ar program . .Pp
If
.Nm
is invoked with the
.Fl x
flag, the tags from
.Ar program
are listed without using current ldconfig configuration.
.Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std ldd .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ld.so 1 , .Xr ldconfig 8