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From: bigelow@hpfcso.HP.COM (Jim Bigelow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: coff format for 9000 series 300
Message-ID: <7370273@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 2 Jan 91 19:30:17 GMT
References: <1990Dec18.113656@paris.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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> I am looking for documentation of the object file format used by an
> HP 9000 series 300, in particular of the assembler directives dntt,
> vt, sltnormal, sltspecial, etc.  Does anybody have something that
> they can e-mail to me?

The file /usr/include/a.out.h contains the layout of the object file.
The assembler directive dntt, vt, etc., are used for producing
debugger information in the object file.  I wouldn't mess with them if
I were you, There format, etc. is private to the debugger and could be
changed without notice to the users.

Best regards,

Jim Bigelow
S300/S400 Pascal
Colorado Language Lab.
HP

All information herein is my own opinion and does not necessarily
reflect that of HP.