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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/COHERENT/nlist, revision 1.1.1.1

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                      3: nlist()                  General Function                 nlist()
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                      8: Symbol table lookup
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                     10: #include <l.out.h>
                     11: iinntt nnlliisstt(_f_i_l_e, _n_l_p)
                     12: cchhaarr *_f_i_l_e;
                     13: ssttrruucctt nnlliisstt *_n_l_p;
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                     15: nlist searches  the name list  (symbol table) of  the load module
                     16: file for  each symbol in  the array pointed  to by nlp.   For ex-
                     17: ample, the command ps uses this routine on the system load module
                     18: (/ccoohheerreenntt) to  obtain the addresses  of system tables  in memory
                     19: (/ddeevv/mmeemm).
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                     21: nlp  points to  an  array of  nlist structures,  terminated by  a
                     22: structure with  a null string  as its n_name  member.  The header
                     23: file l.out.h defines nlist as follows:
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                     26: #define   NCPLN16
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                     28: struct nlist {
                     29:      char n_name[NCPLN];
                     30:      int  n_type;
                     31:      unsignedn_value;
                     32: };
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                     35: The caller  should set the  entry n_name; nlist will  fill in the
                     36: other entries.  nlist sets both n_type and n_value to zero if the
                     37: symbol is not found.
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                     39: ***** Files *****
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                     41: l.out.h
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                     43: ***** See Also *****
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                     45: general functions, l.out.h, nm, strip
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                     47: ***** Diagnostics *****
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                     49: If  file  is not  a  load  module or  has  had  its symbol  table
                     50: stripped, all returned n_type and n_value entries will be zero.
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