Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual (G06.25+, H06.03+)

noft(1) OSS Shell and Utilities Reference Manual
object-filename
Specifies the target object file.
DESCRIPTION
The noft utility reads and displays information from TNS/R native object files. noft enables you
to:
• Determine the optimization level of procedures in a file.
• Display object code with corresponding source code.
• List SRL references in an object file.
• List object file attributes.
These noft capabilities are useful when developing and debugging programs.
The noft utility can be used from the command line or interactively to examine object
files. To use
noft interactively, enter the noft command without specifying any flags; you can then specify the
flags interactively as subcommands in the manner described in the SUBCOMMANDS subsection
of this reference page.
To use noft from a command file, capture the flags listed in the FLAGS subsection of this refer-
ence page or the subcommands listed in the SUBCOMMANDS subsection of this reference page.
Capture one flag or subcommand per line in the command file and then specify the command file
as the standard input file to the noft command.
In either instance, you can display the following object file components with noft:
• Various file headers
• Program text and data
• Symbol table and component parts
• Run-time procedure table and relocation tables
For complete information on using noft, refer to the nld and noft Manual.
SUBCOMMANDS
noft supports all flags listed in the SYNOPSIS section as subcommands for interactive use. Such
subcommands consist of the flag without the prefixed dash (-).
The following subcommands are also supported for interactive use. These subcommands can be
entered as OSS shell command line flags when prefixed by a dash (-) but are only meaningful
when used interactively:
break key on keyboard
Interrupts the processing of the current subcommand as soon as possible without
corrupting any noft internal tables. The noft utility resumes operation with the
next subcommand line.
! [ history-number ]
Allows you to execute a previously executed subcommand line determined by the
specified history-number value. If no history-number value is specified, the previ-
ous subcommand line is executed.
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