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
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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.