.TH "al" 1
.SH NAME
-ilasm \- Mono Assembly Linker
+al, al2 \- Mono Assembly Linker
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B al [option] [source-files]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-AL is the Mono assembly linkder.
+AL is the Mono assembly linker.
+.PP
+This linker is used to put together assemblies from a collection of
+modules (.netmodule files), assembly manifest files and resources.
+.PP
+Do not confuse this with the
+.B monolinker,
+which is a tool to reduce the size of assemblies based on the code
+used.
+.PP
+Use al for processing 1.0 assemblies, use al2 to process 2.0 assemblies.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B @<filename>
Display information about AL
.PP
.SH SEE ALSO
-sn(1)
+sn(1), monolinker(1)
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2005 Novell, Inc (http://www.novell.com)
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