nld and noft Manual
nld and noft Manual—520384-003
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5 noft Options
An option is a flag and its parameters, if any. You use the noft options to specify the 
input object file, control the noft environment, and control the format of noft output. 
This section describes the syntax and semantics of noft options and provides 
examples of each option.
Table 5-1 on page 5-1 lists the noft flags in alphabetical order. For tables that list 
noft flags by function, see:
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Table 4-1, noft Listing Options, on page 4-4
•
Table 4-2, noft Dumping Options, on page 4-5
•
Table 4-3, noft Control Options, on page 4-5
Table 5-1. noft Flag Summary (page 1 of 3)
Flag Description
Break Key
 on page 5-3 Terminates the output of the current option and, if noft 
is running from the command line, terminates the noft 
program itself.
! (Exclamation Point)
 on page 5-4 Executes a previously executed command line. (Use 
only in an interactive session.)
CD
 on page 5-5 Changes the current working directory used to search 
for relative filenames. (Use only in OSS environment.)
COMMENT
 on page 5-5 Allows comments in noft command files.
DUMPADDRESS or DA
 on 
page 5-6
Displays code and data from a virtual address inside an 
object file’s memory space.
DUMPOFFSET or DO
 on 
page 5-8
Displays code and data from a physical offset within the 
object file.
DUMPPROC or DP
 on page 5-10 Displays the contents of a procedure or part of a 
procedure.
ENV
 on page 5-13 Displays the current settings of environment 
parameters.
EXIT or E
 on page 5-13 Stops the noft process.
FC
 on page 5-14 Edits or repeats a previously executed command line. 
(Use only in an interactive session.)
FILE or F
 on page 5-15 Specifies the name of the target object file.
HELP or ?
 on page 5-17 Displays descriptions and syntax for options.
HISTORY or H
 on page 5-20 Displays previously entered command lines. (Use only 
in an interactive session.)
LAYOUT
 on page 5-21 Lists the parts of an object file in order by file offset.
LISTATTRIBUTE or LA
 on 
page 5-22
Lists process-specific information associated with an 
object file.










