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1<sect2><title>Contents of gcc-&gcc-contversion;</title>
2
3<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
4<para>c++, c++filt, cc (link to gcc), cc1, cc1plus, collect2, cpp, cpp0,
5g++, gcc, gcov, protoize and unprotoize</para></sect3>
6
7<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
8
9<sect4><title>cc, cc1, cc1plus, gcc</title>
10<para>These are the C compiler. A compiler translates source code in
11text format to a format that a computer understands. After a source code
12file is compiled into an object file, a linker will create an executable
13file from one or more of these compiler generated object files.</para></sect4>
14
15<sect4><title>c++, cc1plus, g++</title>
16<para>These are the C++ compiler; the equivalent of cc and
17gcc etc.</para></sect4>
18
19<sect4><title>c++filt</title>
20<para>c++filt is used to demangle C++ symbols.</para></sect4>
21
22<sect4><title>collect2</title>
23<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
24
25<sect4><title>cpp, cpp0</title>
26<para>cpp pre-processes a source file, such as including
27the contents of header files into the source file. It's a good idea to
28not do this manually to save a lot of time. Someone just inserts a line
29like #include &lt;filename&gt;. The preprocessor inserts the
30contents of that file into the source file. That's one of the things a
31preprocessor does.</para></sect4>
32
33<sect4><title>gcov</title>
34<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
35
36<sect4><title>protoize</title>
37<para>Optional additional program which converts old-style pre-ANSI
38functions or definitions to new-style ANSI C prototypes. (default file
39for looking known ones up is
40<filename>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/&lt;arch&gt;/&lt;version&gt;/SYSCALLS.c.X</filename>)</para></sect4>
41
42<sect4><title>unprotoize</title>
43<para>Optional additional program which converts prototypes made by
44protoize back to original old-style pre-ANSI (correct job only when
45converted before with protoize)</para></sect4>
46
47</sect3>
48
49<sect3><title>Library Files</title>
50<para>libgcc.a, libiberty.a, libstdc++.[a,so]</para>
51
52<sect4><title>libgcc</title>
53<para>libgcc.a is a run-time support file for gcc.Most of the time, on most
54machines, libgcc.a is not actually necessary.</para></sect4>
55
56<sect4><title>libiberty</title>
57<para>libiberty is a collection of subroutines used by various GNU
58programs including getopt, obstack, strerror, strtol and strtoul.</para></sect4>
59
60<sect4><title>libstdc++</title>
61<para>libstdc++ is the C++ library. It is used by C++ programs and contains
62functions that are frequently used in C++ programs. This way the
63programmer doesn't have to write certain functions (such as writing a
64string of text to the screen) from scratch every time he creates a
65program.</para></sect4>
66
67</sect3>
68
69</sect2>
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