Inspect Manual

Glossary
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Glossary-7
linkfile
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Binder links TNS object files on TNS/R systems.
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nld links TNS/R native object files to create a linkfile or a loadfile.
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ld, the PIC (Position-Independent Code) linker, links TNS/R PIC object files to
create a PIC executable, which can be either a program file or a dynamic-link
library (DLL).
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eld, the TNS/E linker, links TNS/E object files to a PIC executable, which can be
either a program file or a dynamic-link library (DLL).
linkfile. A linkable object file produced by the compiler from a source code file. Also, a
command file used for input to a linker. See also loadfile.
linking. The operation of examining, collecting, linking, and modifying code and data blocks
from one or more object files to produce a target object file or loadfile.
loadfile. An executable file that is ready for loading and executing on the HP NonStop
server. Examples are programs, user library files, SRLs and DLLs. Compare with
object file.
There are two basic types of loadfiles:
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Programs, which define an entry point where execution of the program begins
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Libraries, which supply functions or data to a client loadfile
low-level mode; low-level Inspect. The Inspect command mode that provides machine-
level access to your program.
low PIN. A process identification number (PIN) in the range 0 through 254. Contrast with
high PIN.
machine (language) instruction. The low-level instructions produced when you compile
programs written in C, COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal, or TAL. A CPU executes these
instructions.
memory-exact point. A potential breakpoint location within an accelerated object file at
which the values in memory (but not necessarily the values in registers) are the same
as they would be if the object file were running in TNS interpreted mode or on a TNS
system. Most source statement boundaries are memory-exact points. Complex
statements might contain several such points: at each function call, privileged
instruction, and embedded assignment. Contrast with register-exact point and
nonexact point
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millicode. TNS/R instructions that implement various TNS low-level functions such as
exception handling, real-time translation routines, and library routines that implement
the TNS instruction set. TNS/R millicode is functionally equivalent to TNS microcode.
MIPS region of a TNS object file. The region of a TNS object file that contains MIPS
instructions and the tables necessary to execute the instructions in accelerator mode