PATCH - examining and patching arbitrary files with BOFF.
Syntax:
boff Patch filename [options]
ManiFest=filename +Symbols
Symbols=filename[,module] (+|-)Write
Examples:
boff p /myfile
boff p temp -w
Options:
- filename
- is the name of the file you wish to examine and/or patch.
- ManiFest=filename
- specifies a manifest file. For more details, see "expl boff manifest". .en
- Symbols=filename[,module]
- indicates that "filename" contains symbol names
and debug tables for the file being examined. This symbol
file may be an hstar or a sequential file (see "expl boff symbols"). If the
file is an hstar file containing more than one module,
you must specify the "module" name as well.
- +Symbols
- is short for "Symbols=.h". ".h" is
the B command's default name for core image files.
- -Write
- indicates that BOFF should not access the file with write
permissions (i.e. read only). This prevents accidental
alteration of the file. Normally, BOFF accesses the file
with both read and write.
Description:
Normally BOFF is used when working with load modules and abort
files. However, the Patch mode of BOFF allows you to use the
facilities of interactive BOFF to examine the contents of an
arbitrary file. All the usual commands of interactive BOFF are
available to help you examine and patch the file being examined.
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