lfs-book/appendixa/gcc-desc.xml

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<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>

<para>(Last checked against version &gcc-contversion;.)</para>

<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>

<para><command>c++filt</command> is used by the linker to demangle C++
symbols, to keep overloaded functions from clashing.</para>

<para><command>cpp</command> is the C preprocessor. It is used by the
compiler to have the #include and #define and such statements expanded in
the source files.</para>

<para><command>g++</command> is the C++ compiler.</para>

<para><command>gcc</command> is the C compiler. It is used to translate
the source code of a program into assembly code.</para>

<para><command>gccbug</command> is a shell script used to help create
good bug reports.</para>

<para><command>gcov</command> is a coverage testing tool. It is used to
analyze programs to find out where optimizations will have the most effect.</para>

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<sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title>

<para><command>libgcc*</command> contains run-time support for gcc.</para>

<para><command>libiberty</command> contains routines used by various GNU
programs, including getopt, obstack, strerror, strtol and strtoul.</para>

<para><command>libstdc++</command> is the standard C++ library. It contains
many frequently-used functions.</para>

<para><command>libsupc++</command> provides supporting routines
for the c++ programming language.</para>

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