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From: stanonik@nprdc.navy.mil (Ron Stanonik)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: .o files in namelist
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Date: 13 Sep 89 19:28:23 GMT
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Why does the namelist include the names of the .o files making
up the object?  For example, nm an unstripped program and you'll
see entries such as:

	00000d88 t ioctl.o
	00000d64 t isatty.o
	00000d98 t malloc.o
	00000068 t printf.o
	000010a0 t sbrk.o
	00000000 T start
	00000054 t test.o
	000010d0 t write.o

Are these just to record which files made up the object?  Do any
programs depend upon this information?

Thanks,

Ron Stanonik
stanonik@nprdc.navy.mil