nld and noft Manual

nld and noft Manual—520384-003
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2 nld Utility
The nld utility, the native link editor, links one or more non-PIC TNS/R native object
files to produce a single non-PIC loadfile or linkfile.
Subsections:
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Running the nld Utility in the Guardian Environment on page 2-1
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Running the nld Utility in the OSS Environment on page 2-3
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Running Windows nld on the PC on page 2-4
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Changing the Target Environment on page 2-8
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Creating Loadfiles and Linkfiles on page 2-8
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Linking Programs on page 2-9
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Linking User Libraries on page 2-13
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Linking Shared Run-Time Libraries (SRLs) on page 2-15
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Linking Archive Files on page 2-21
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Linking Floating-Point Programs on page 2-22
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Searching for Archives and SRLs With Simple Filenames on page 2-27
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Dynamic and Static Linking on page 2-28
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Stripping Symbol Information on page 2-29
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nld Compilation Rules on page 2-29
Running the nld Utility in the Guardian
Environment
To run the nld utility in the Guardian environment, use the following syntax:
[RUN] NLD
is the TACL command to start the nld process.
[RUN] NLD [ / IN command-Filename [, OUT output-listing ] / ]
[ Filename ] ... [ option ] ...
Note. Filename arguments need not be specified before option arguments. Arguments can
be mixed. An item that begins with a hyphen (-) is an option, any other item is a Filename.