B.2.61 -Wc,arg

Passes the argument arg to a specified component c. See Table 1–1 for a list of components.

Each argument must be separated from the preceding only by a comma. All -W arguments are passed after the regular command-line arguments. A comma can be part of an argument by using the escape character \ (backslash) immediately before the comma. All -W arguments are passed after the regular command-line arguments.

For example, -Wa,-o,objfile passes -o and objfile to the assembler, in that order. Also, -Wl,-I,name causes the linking phase to override the default name of the dynamic linker, /usr/lib/ld.so.1.

The order in which the argument(s) are passed to a tool with respect to the other specified command line options may change.

c can be one of the following: