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<sect2><title>Contents of Bin86</title>

<para>Last checked against version &bin86-contversion;</para>

<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
<para>as86, as86_encap, ld86, nm86 (link to objdump86), objdump86 and
size86 (link to objdump86)</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>

<sect4><title>as86</title>
<para>as86 is an assembler for the 8086...80386
processors.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>as86_encap</title>
<para>as86_encap is a shell script to call as86 and convert the created binary 
into a C file prog.v to be included in or linked with programs like boot 
block installers.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>ld86</title>
<para>ld86 understands only the object files produced by the as86 assembler. It 
can link them into either an impure or a 
separate I&amp;D executable.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>nm86</title>
<para>The symbol table of the binary file.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>objdump86</title>
<para>Dumps detailed information about a binary file.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>size86</title>
<para>Summary sizes of the data in a binary file.</para></sect4>

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