From: "Chris Burgess" <jazz AT uknet DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: ld (that comes with djgpp) major problems
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 18:59:54 -0000
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>> I end up with a huge bunch of junk in the final file (the coff files are
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>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.

But that doesn't change the fact that I have a useless file!
What is ld or me doing wrong?