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NAME

        find_libs - find pathnames of libraries

SYNOPSIS

        find_libs [ -Lpath ...  ][ -lname ...  ]
        find_libs -Help
        find_libs -VERSion

DESCRIPTION

        The find_libs program is used to find the actual pathname of a library
        specified on a cc(1) command line.  This allows cook(1) to know these
        dependencies.

OPTIONS

        The following options are understood.

        -Lpath
                Specify a path to search for libraries on.  If more than one
                is specified, they will be scanned in the order given before
                the standard /usr/lib and /lib places.  This is like the same
                argument to cc(1), and the usual find_libs option abbreviation
                rules do not apply.

        -lname
                Name a library to be searched for.  This is like the same
                argument to cc(1), and the usual find_libs option abbreviation
                rules do not apply.

        -Help
                Give some information on how to use the find_libs command.

        -VERSion
                Tell the version of the find_libs command currently executing.

        All other options will result in a diagnostic error.

        All options may be abbreviated; the abbreviation is documented as the
        upper case letters, all lower case letters and underscores (_) are
        optional.  You must use consecutive sequences of optional letters.

        All options are case insensitive, you may type them in upper case or
        lower case or a combination of both, case is not important.

        For example: the arguments "-help", "-HEL" and "-h" are all
        interpreted to mean the -Help option.  The argument "-hlp" will not be
        understood, because consecutive optional characters were not supplied.

        Options and other command line arguments may be mixed arbitrarily on
        the command line.

        The GNU long option names are understood.  Since all option names for
        find_libs are long, this means ignoring the extra leading ’-’.  The
        "--option=value" convention is also understood.

EXIT STATUS

        The find_libs command will exit with a status of 1 on any error.  The
        find_libs command will only exit with a status of 0 if there are no
        errors.

COPYRIGHT

        find_libs version 2.33
        Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
        1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
        2008, 2009 Peter Miller

        The find_libs program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details
        use the ’find_libs -VERSion License’ command.  This is free software
        and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for
        details use the ’find_libs -VERSion License’ command.

AUTHOR

        Peter Miller   E-Mail:   pmiller@opensource.org.au
        /\/\*             WWW:   http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/