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/

Reference Manual                                      Cook                                          FIND_LIBS(1)