nld and noft Manual

nld and noft Manual—520384-003
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1 Introduction to the Utilities
The utilities operate in the TNS/R native mode development environment on TNS/R
native object files. All of the utilities except nld operate on both PIC (position-
independent code) and non-PIC (non-position-independent code) files.
PIC and non-PIC native object files are generated by the native C, native C++, native
COBOL, and pTAL compilers. For information on these compilers, see the following
manuals:
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C/C++ Programmer’s Guide
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COBOL85 for NonStop Systems Manual
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pTAL Reference Manual
For general information about PIC, see the DLL Programmer’s Guide for TNS/R
Systems.
In the TNS/R native development environment, the functions that nld and noft
provide are similar but not identical to the functions that the Binder product provides in
the TNS development environment. For migration information, see Section 9,
Converting From Binder to nld and noft.
Subsections:
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Native Object Files on page 1-2
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nld on page 1-2
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noft on page 1-4
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ar on page 1-5
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strip on page 1-5
Utility Full Name Description
nld Native link editor Links one or more non-PIC object files to produce a
single non-PIC loadfile
or linkfile.
(To produce a PIC object file—such as a dynamic-
link library (DLL)—use the ld utility, which is
explained in the ld and rld Reference Manual.)
noft Native object file tool Displays all portions of native object files
ar Archive tool Creates and maintains archives of files for
processing by nld
strip strip utility Removes unnecessary information from loadfiles