Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 09:43:54 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Marp wrote:

> I've noticed that in dos and windows 9x that when you seek past the end of a
> file and write some data, the space in-between is filled with junk. My
> question is, how does ld for djgpp deal with this? Does it just leave junk
> in the output coff image or does it null it?

If ld needs to do this, e.g. for aligning purposes, then AFAIK it
leaves the junk in the output.

Does it hurt something?  It shouldn't, I think.