User`s guide

LINK
When you have entered the complete LINK command, LINK prompts you for the
name of the program section you need to extend:
• If you do not also use the /IDSPACE option, the prompt is:
Extend section?
• If you use the /IDSPACE option, the prompt is either one or both of the
following, depending on whether one or both types of /EXTEND are specified.
If both types are specified, the prompts are issued in the following order:
Extend instruction section?
Extend data section?
Respond with the appropriate program section name(s), and terminate your
response with
RETURN
. The sections specified in answer to these prompts are
verified to be I-space or D-space sections, as appropriate. If not, an error message
is displayed.
/FILL:value[:type]
Initializes unused locations in the load module and places a specific octal value
value in those locations. Note that the linker automatically initializes to 0 unused
locations in the load module; use this option to place another value in those
locations. This option can be useful in eliminating random results that occur
when a program references uninitialized memory by mistake. It can also help
you to determine which locations have been modified by the program and which
remain unchanged.
The optional type argument to the value can be DAS or INS and is used only if
you also specify the /IDSPACE option. When specified with /IDSPACE:
• /FILL:value:DAS initializes all the unused D-space locations in the load
module with value.
• /FILL:value:INS initializes all the unused I-space locations in the load module
with value.
• /FILL:value:INS is the default; that is, /FILL:value:INS and /FILL:value have
the same effect.
/FOREGROUND[:stacksize]
Produces an executable file in relocatable (REL) format for use as a foreground
job under a multi-job monitor.
If a REL job has never been run or if the last time the REL job was run, it was
run in the background, then that job can be run under a single-job monitor.
This option assigns the default file type REL to the executable file. The
stacksize argument specifies the number of bytes of stack space to allocate for
the foreground job. The value you supply is interpreted as an octal number;
specify an even number. Follow stacksize with a decimal point (stacksize.) to
specify a decimal number. The default value is 128
10
or 200
8
bytes of stack
space. Digital recommends that you allocate 256. bytes of stack space when
linking a FORTRAN program to run in the foreground.
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