Ok, brief lookover of the code... It looks like the output file is in some sort of loader format. All of the program text/code segments are written out using a specific format.
I don't know which one it is designed for. This is probably used to bypass 'link' and convert an object file into a loadable file. . It might even be in rsx executable format, or in some bootloader format. Not sure. On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 2:58 PM Kevin Handy <[email protected]> wrote: > I really have no idea what the output file from dumpobj is for. I haven't > dug into the code enough to figure that out. I originally thought it was > for the dumped text, but it does appear to be an object file. > I assume that it must have some purpose, because if it is just a copy of > the original file, you can just use the 'copy' command from a shell much > easier. > I have no idea what purpose it serves, at the moment. > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 11:45 AM Rhialto <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue 03 Mar 2020 at 17:50:40 -0700, Kevin Handy wrote: >> > Ok, here is a version with somewhat better handling of the filenames. >> >> Thanks! I added it. >> >> I hadn't really looked before at this output file that dumpobj can >> create, but it looks like another object file, from a cursory look. >> Does it seem useful to you? Is it more or less a copy of the input or is >> something interesting happening to it? >> >> The object file format here should maybe also be changed by the rt11/rsx >> option. Do you think it makes sense to use the same value as for the >> input, the opposite (so it can be used as a converter or something), or >> have a separate option? Since I haven't looked at it carefully yet, I >> have not yet formed an opinion really. >> >> -Olaf. >> -- >> Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert -- rhialto at falu dot nl >> ___ Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on >> \X/ no account be allowed to do the job. --Douglas Adams, "THGTTG" >> >
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