Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 (Fortune 01.1b1); site graffiti.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!graffiti!bruce From: bruce@graffiti.UUCP (Bruce Jilek) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: ld - the link editor Message-ID: <106@graffiti.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Jan-86 14:30:10 EST Article-I.D.: graffiti.106 Posted: Tue Jan 7 14:30:10 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Jan-86 03:48:17 EST Distribution: net Organization: Information Brokerage Network, Houston, TX Lines: 9 Having just read a very long and dry description of the ld(1) Link Editor for the AT&T Unix PC, I was impressed by the fact that there are so many features not covered in the man pages on it. My question is...why do you want to control the link process in that way. For example, why would you want to change the entry point for a program, or other such subtle memory allocation features. Are there any "easy to identify with" reasons, or is this a remnant from days gone by when Unix was an academic subject only.