Linker Script - Application

Linker Script is an application created in 1991.

#2585on PLDB

33Years Old

ld combines a number of object and archive files, relocates their data and ties up symbol references. Usually the last step in compiling a program is to run ld. ld accepts Linker Command Language files written in a superset of AT&T’s Link Editor Command Language syntax, to provide explicit and total control over the linking process.

Tags: application
Early development of Linker Script happened in Red Hat and Free Software Foundation
Read more about Linker Script on the web: 1.

Example from the web:

/*
*  link.ld
*/
OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-i386)
ENTRY(start)
SECTIONS
 {
   . = 0x100000;
   .text : { *(.text) }
   .data : { *(.data) }
   .bss  : { *(.bss)  }
 }