Date:	Wed, 23 Dec 1998 09:37:26 -0500
Message-Id:	<199812231437.JAA27935@envy.delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<914404117.2848.0.nnrp-09.c1ed260d@news.demon.co.uk>
	(jazz AT uknet DOT demon DOT co DOT uk)
Subject:	Re: ld (that comes with djgpp) major problems
References:	<914404117 DOT 2848 DOT 0 DOT nnrp-09 DOT c1ed260d AT news DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

> I end up with a huge bunch of junk in the final file (the coff files are

This is just the way DOS works.  If you seek past the end of a file
and then write to it, DOS fills the "gap" with junk.

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