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Symbol Utility Features and Functions
The General-Purpose ASCII File Format
GPA File Format
A GPA file can be divided into records using record headers. The
different records allow you to specify different kinds of symbols, with
differing characteristics. A GPA file can contain any of the following
kinds of records:
• Sections
• Functions
• Variables
• Source line numbers
• Start address
The different kinds of symbols available are explained in the following
sections.
Each kind of symbol must be separated from the next by a key word,
called a record header. The record headers must be enclosed in square
brackets, like this: [HEADER]. If no record header is specified, the lines
are assumed to be symbol definitions in one of the following
VARIABLES formats:
variable address
variable start..end
variable start address size