HP-UX Linker and Libraries Versions B.11.72 and B.12.57 Release Notes (B2355-91151; September 2011)

Documentation overview
This section addresses the following topics:
• “Before you begin” (page 6)
• “Accessing HP-UX Linker and Libraries online help” (page 6)
• “Related information” (page 6)
Before you begin
Before you begin to use the HP-UX Linker and Libraries Online Help, complete the following steps:
1. To open an HTML browser, set the DISPLAY environment variable to graphic mode.
2. Set the BROWSER environment variable to point to the location of your HTML browser. If you
do not set the environment variable, the linker automatically runs the browser located at:
/opt/mozilla/mozilla
or
/opt/ns-navgold/bin/netscape
or
/opt/ns-communicator/netscape
Accessing HP-UX Linker and Libraries online help
To access the Linker online help on a system on which the HP-UX Linker is installed, enter the
following command:
/usr/ccs/bin/ld +help
This command opens a web browser and displays the main page of the HP-UX Linker online help
system.
If the browser path set by the BROWSER environment variable does not exist, or if the default
browser paths /opt/mozilla/mozilla, /opt/ns-navgold/bin/netscape or /opt/
ns-communicator/netscape do not exist, the system displays a message that the BROWSER
environment variable must be set properly.
Related information
The related documentation for HP-UX Linker, Libraries, and Tools is available at:
http://www.hp.com/go/linker
The following are the related documentation for HP-UX Linker, Libraries, and Tools:
• Parallel Programming Guide for HP-UX Systems
Describes efficient methods for shared-memory programming using the HP Fortran, HP aC++
(ANSI C++), and HP C compilers.
• HP-UX Floating-Point Guide
Describes how floating-point arithmetic is implemented on HP-UX systems, and discusses how
floating-point behavior affects the results of floating-point computations. This document provides
information on writing or porting floating-point-intensive programs.
• HP-UX 64-bit Porting and Transition Guide
Describes the changes you must make to compile, link, and run programs in 64-bit mode. This
document is also available as a postscript file at:
/opt/ansic/newconfig/RelNotes/64bitTrans.bk.ps
6 HP-UX Linker, Libraries, and Tools release notes (September 2011)