Chapter 6 Using Linker
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6.3.3 Program Generation Options
Functional description
This option causes the linker to include in the executable file information for use in debugging at the
source code level.
This information includes the following;
• Names and addresses of variables
• Detailed information on variables
• Correspondences between line numbers and code addresses
With this information, debugging is much easier since the user can specify variables by name instead of
by address.
NOTE: The g option must also be specified when assembling. If the g option is not
specified for either the assembler or linker, debug information will not be output
to the executable format file (.EX). If files assembled with the g option and files
not assembled with the g option are linked with the g option, debug information
will be output only for the files assembled with the g option.
Rules of use
This option is specified with the hyphen (-) option specification character, followed by the lower-case
letter 'g'.
ld103 -g main.rf sub.rf
Default specification
Debug information will not be output.
It is also possible to change the default with an entry in the linker’s start-up file. See Chapter 1 “Getting
Started” section 1.5 “Setup”.
g Output debug information to the executable format file