Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!mcrware!jejones
From: jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: loading executable modules
Summary: really not much to it!
Message-ID: <718@mcrware.UUCP>
Date: 4 Aug 88 15:22:36 GMT
References: <8808031814.AA27853@jade.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Ia.
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In article <8808031814.AA27853@jade.berkeley.edu>, LUSIANI@CERNVM.BITNET writes:
> I' d like to know how works internally the 'load' command when he gets
> an executable file from disk and puts it in the list of executable modules.

The core of the load command is just invoking the F$Load system call!  The
rest is just determining the access mode and pathname to give F$Load.  If
the modules you want are in a file, however it's accessed, then you need
only give the pathname (and -d if it's not in your current execution direc-
tory).  Give an absolute pathname if you don't want the path to be taken
as relative to the current data or execution directory.

If there's some other factor that makes it more complicated, please do give
more details.

		James Jones