nld and noft Manual

nld and noft Manual—520384-003
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10 nld Diagnostic Messages
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General Information on page 10-1
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Terms That Appear in nld Diagnostic Messages on page 10-2
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Fatal Errors on page 10-12
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Nonfatal Errors on page 10-61
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Warnings on page 10-69
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Informational Messages on page 10-77
General Information
The nld utility writes diagnostic messages to the standard output file.
Table 10-1. Comparison of nld Diagnostic Types
Message Type Description
nld Stops
Immediately
nld Creates a
Usable Object File Suppressible?
ERROR nld cannot
do the
requested
task
Yes No No
ERROR nld cannot
do the
requested
task
No No No
Warning nld might not
have done
what you
expected
No Yes Yes, by
-noverbose
Informational
message
Information
that might
help you
No Yes Yes, by
-noverbose
Table 10-2. Warning and Informational Message Defaults
Environment Default Meaning
Guardian -verbose nld prints warnings and informational messages
OSS
PC*
-noverbose nld suppresses warnings and informational
messages, but tells you if it suppressed any warnings
* OSS