nld Manual

nld Diagnostic Messages
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Terms That Appear in nld Diagnostic Messages
file code. In the Guardian environment, files have file codes. In particular, an object file is
supposed to have file code 700. You can change the file code of a Guardian file by
using the FUP ALTER command.
file descriptor table. Part of the symbol information in an object file.
fixup list. The name for some of the information that is found within the TANDEM_GINFO
section of a loadfile. If nld reports a problem with a fixup list, contact your service
provider.
flag. A token introduced by a hyphen (-). For example: -o, -rename, or -verbose.
If nld reports a problem with a flag, and you did not specify that flag yourself, it means
that you called nld indirectly through some other tool and that other tool must have
supplied the flag.
gateway. An item found in an object file as part of the HP implementation related to callable
procedures and the system library. If an error related to gateways occurs during
SYSGEN, it probably indicates a problem with the way object files were prepared.
GINFO table. See TANDEM_GINFO on page 4-10.
GINFO header. This part of the object file refers to information at the beginning of the
TANDEM_GINFO section.
global data. Depending on the circumstances, either:
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Data that is visible across separate compilations
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Data that exists outside of procedures and therefore remains in existence
throughout the lifetime of a program, even though it is not visible across separate
compilations
global symbol information. Symbol information that is needed both by nld to link object
files together and by the debugger at run time.
gp-relative addressing. The name for the relatively efficient type of addressing that is used
to reference small data.
Guardian file system error. See the appropriate documentation for explanations of the
meanings of Guardian file system error numbers.
heap space. A message about being unable to allocate heap space means that nld was
not able to get enough memory space at run time. The message might indicate an nld
error, but more likely the problem is that the required amount of space ias not
available. The way space is provided to nld depends on the platform or on the product
version of Guardian being used.