nld and noft Manual

Introduction to the Utilities
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The noft utility reads and displays information from native object files. noft allows
you to:
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Determine the optimization level of procedures in a file
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Display object code with corresponding source code
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List shared run-time library (SRL) references in an object file
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List unresolved references in an object file
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List object file attributes
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Display the following object file components:
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Various file headers
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Program text and data
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Symbol table and its component parts
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Run-time procedure table and relocation tables
These noft capabilities are useful when developing and debugging programs.
The noft utility runs in the following environments:
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Guardian
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OSS
The noft utility has the same capabilities in each environment, but each environment
has a slightly different syntax.
You can run noft in the following ways:
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Interactively from the TACL prompt or OSS shell prompt
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As a batch process by issuing commands from a terminal or a command file
For more information, see:
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Section 4, noft Utility
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Section 5, noft Options
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Section 11, noft Diagnostic Messages