From: "Marp" <Marp AT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: ld and junk
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 19:37:26 -0400
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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?