# LINK_OPTIONS

New in version 3.13.

List of options to use for the link step of shared library, module and executable targets as well as the device link step. Targets that are static libraries need to use the `STATIC_LIBRARY_OPTIONS` target property.

These options are used for both normal linking and device linking (see policy `CMP0105`). To control link options for normal and device link steps, `$<HOST_LINK>` and `$<DEVICE_LINK>` `generator expressions` can be used.

This property holds a semicolon-separated list of options specified so far for its target. Use the `target_link_options()` command to append more options.

This property is initialized by the `LINK_OPTIONS` directory property when a target is created, and is used by the generators to set the options for the compiler.

Contents of `LINK_OPTIONS` may use “generator expressions” with the syntax `$<...>`. See the `cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available expressions. See the `cmake-buildsystem(7)` manual for more on defining buildsystem properties.

Note

This property must be used in preference to `LINK_FLAGS` property.