Specifying Library Search Paths

In the SunOS release 4.x software, directories specified with the -L option were searched at link time and the information retained for use at execution time. This behavior is now divided between the -L and -R options. The -L option specifies the directories to search at link time; the -R option tells the linker the search paths to be retained for use at run time. See "Search Path Rules", in the next section for more information.

As with the -Bdynamic and -Bstatic options, the position of the -L option has significance; it applies only to the subsequent -l options.