nld and noft Manual

Glossary
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filename
filename. In the OSS environment, a component of a pathname containing any valid
characters other than a slash (/) or a null.
In the Guardian environment, a filename is the set of node name, volume name,
subvolume name, and file identifier characters that uniquely identifies a file.
In a command stream, either a token that is not part of an option, such as an input file
for nld to read, or a parameter for an option, as in -o filename.
flag. A token introduced by a hyphen (-); for example: -o, -rename, or -verbose.
Guardian environment. An environment available for interactive or programmatic use with
the NonStop Kernel. It consists of the Guardian API, tools, and utilities. Processes that
run in the Guardian environment use the Guardian system procedure calls as their
application program interface; interactive users of the Guardian environment use the
HP Tandem Advanced Command Language (TACL) or another HP product’s command
interpreter. Compare to Open System Services (OSS).
header. An object that, when specified for inclusion in a program’s source code, causes the
program to behave, as if the statement including the header were actually a specific
set of other programming statements. A header contains coded information that
provides details (such as data item length) about the data that the header precedes.
In an OSS program, a header is the name of a file known to the run-time library used
by a process. In a Guardian environment C language program, a header is the file
identifier for a file known to the run-time library used by a process.
high PIN. A PIN (process identification number) in the range 256 or higher.
keyword. A character sequence that nld, noft, or ar recognizes, such as SYSTYPE or
OSS.
linkable object file. An object file that can be used in linking.
linkfile. In most contexts, short for linkable object file
. For native C/C++ compilers in the
Guardian environment, a command file for input to the nld utility.
linking. The operation of examining, collecting, modifying, and combining code and data
segments from one or more object files to produce a target object file (or loadfile
).
loadable object file. An object file that can be used in loading.
loadfile. Short for loadable object file. Program files, user libraries, and shared run-time
libraries are loadfiles.
loading. The operation of mapping an object file into the memory of a process.
low PIN. A PIN (process identification number) in the range 0 through 254.