wlusage.gml

开放源码的编译器open watcom 1.6.0版的源代码

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.chap *refid=wlusage The &lnkname
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The &lnkname is a linkage editor (linker) that takes object and
library files as input and produces executable files as output.
.ix 'OMF'
The following object module and library formats are supported by the
&lnkname..
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.ix 'Intel OMF'
The standard Intel Object Module Format (OMF).
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.ix 'Microsoft OMF'
Microsoft's extensions to the standard Intel OMF.
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.ix 'Phar Lap OMF-386'
Phar Lap's Easy OMF-386 object module format for linking 386
applications.
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.ix 'COFF'
The COFF object module format.
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.ix 'ELF'
The ELF object module format.
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.ix 'OMF library'
The OMF library format.
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.ix 'AR-format'
The AR (Microsoft compatible) object library format.
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.ix 'executable formats'
The &lnkname is capable of producing a number of executable file
formats.
The following lists these executable file formats.
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DOS executable files
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ELF executable files
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executable files that run under FlashTek's DOS extender
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executable files that run under Phar Lap's 386|DOS-Extender
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executable files that run under CauseWay DOS extender, Tenberry Software's
DOS/4G and DOS/4GW DOS extenders, and compatible products
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NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs) that run under Novell's NetWare
operating system
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OS/2 executable files including Dynamic Link Libraries
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QNX executable files
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16-bit Windows (Win16) executable files including Dynamic Link Libraries
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32-bit Windows (Win32) executable files including Dynamic Link Libraries
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raw binary images
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Intel Hex files (Hex80, Hex86 and extended linear)
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.ix 'host operating system'
In addition to being able to generate the above executable file
formats, the &lnkname also runs under a variety of operating systems.
Currently, the &lnkname runs under the following operating systems.
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DOS
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OS/2
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QNX
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Windows NT/2000/XP
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Windows 95/98/Me
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.if '&target' eq 'QNX' .do begin
.im tutqnx
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.el .do begin
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.ix 'host'
.ix 'host operating system'
.ix 'operating system' 'host'
We refer to the operating system upon which you run the &lnkname as
the "host".
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The chapter entitled :HDREF refid='tutchap'. summarizes each of the
executable file formats that can be generated by the linker.
The chapter entitled :HDREF refid='genchap'. describes all of the
linker directives and options.
The remaining chapters describe aspects of each of the executable
file formats.
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