nld and noft Manual

nld and noft Manual—520384-003
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About This Manual
This manual explains how to use the following TNS/R native object file utilities:
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nld, which links and changes object file attributes
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noft, which displays object files
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ar, which creates and maintains archives of object files
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strip, which removes unnecessary information from loadable object files
(loadfiles) in the HP NonStop™ Kernel Open System Services (OSS) environment
Subsections:
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Audience on page xv
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Related Reading on page xvi
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Your Comments Invited on page xvi
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Notation Conventions on page xvii
Audience
This manual is intended for systems programmers and application programmers who
are familiar with the following:
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HP NonStop™ servers
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NonStop Kernel operating system
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Reference manuals and programmer’s guides for the languages in which programs
are written (C/C++, COBOL, and pTAL—see Related Reading on page xvi)