eld Manual
Table Of Contents
- eld Manual
- Legal Notices
- Contents
- What’s New in This Manual
- Manual Information
- New and Changed Information
- About This Manual
- Notation Conventions
- 1 Introduction to eld
- 2 eld Input and Output
- 3 Binding of References
- Overview
- Presetting Loadfiles
- To Preset or Not to Preset, and Creation of the LIC
- Handling Unresolved References
- Using User Libraries
- Creating Import Libraries
- Ignoring Optional Libraries
- Merging Symbols Found in Input Linkfiles
- Accepting Multiply-Defined Symbols
- Using the -cross_dll_cleanup option
- Specifying Which Symbols to Export, and Creating the Export Digest
- Public Libraries and DLLs
- The Public Library Registry
- 4 Other eld Processing
- Adjusting Loadfiles: The -alf Option
- Additional rules about -alf
- The -set and -change Options
- eld Functionality for 64-Bit
- Checking the C++ Language Dialect
- Renaming Symbols
- Creating Linker-Defined Symbols
- Updating Or Stripping DWARF Symbol Table Information
- Modifying the Data Sections that Contain Stack Unwinding Information
- Creating the MCB
- Processing of Floating Point Versions and Data Models
- Specification of the Main Entry Point
- Specifying Runtime Search Path Information for DLLs
- Merging Source RTDUs
- 5 Summary of Linker Options
- 6 Output Listings and Error Handling
- A TNS/E Native Object Files
- Glossary
- Index

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What’s New in This Manual
Manual Information
eld Manual
Abstract
This manual describes how programmers can use eld, the object file linker for TNS/E,
to create loadfiles for execution on HP Integrity NonStop™ NS-series servers.
Product Version
N.A.
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)
This publication supports J06.03 and all subsequent J-series RVUs and H06.01 and all
subsequent H-series RVUs, until otherwise indicated by its replacement publications.
Document History
New and Changed Information
Changes to the H06.24/J06.13 manual:
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In the section, The Steps in Looking for Archives and DLLs on page 2-17:
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Updated the fourth and fifth step and also added a new content on page 2-17.
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Updated information on 2-18.
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In the section, Additional rules about -alf on page 4-3:
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Updated the list on page 4-4.
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In the table, The -set and -change Options on page 4-8:
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Added a new entry on page 4-8.
Part Number Published
527255-009 February 2012
Part Number Product Version Published
527255-004 N.A. July 2005
527255-005 N.A. May 2010
527255-007 N.A. August 2010
527255-008 N.A. May 2011
527255-009 N.A. February 2012










