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# IL linker
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The linker is a tool one can use to only ship the minimal possible IL code and metadata that a set of
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programs might require to run as opposed to the full libraries.
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It is used by the various Xamarin products to extract only the bits of code that are needed to run
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an application on Android, iOS and other platforms.
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### Build & Test Status
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[](https://jenkins.mono-project.com/job/test-linker-mainline/)
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