1 08/04/86 pascal_area_status
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3 Syntax as a command: pascal_area_status names -control_args
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6 Function: Displays attributes of specified Pascal areas.
7 These areas are temporary segments. Allocation is performed by the
8 Pascal "new" statement, deallocation by the "dispose" and "reset"
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12 Arguments:
13 names
14 are relative pathnames of Pascal object segments that have their own
15 private areas. See the pascal_create_area command.
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18 Control arguments:
19 -all, -a
20 operates on all private Pascal areas as well as on the default
21 Pascal area.
22 -brief, -bf
23 does not print a dump of each allocated block. Default
24 -default
25 specifies the default area used by Pascal to allocate storage.
26 -dump
27 prints a comprehensive, unformatted dump of the areas. This
28 control argument is intended for use by the maintainers of the
29 Pascal compiler and related software.
30 -long, -lg
31 prints a dump of each allocated block, if -trace is specified.
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34 -no_dump
35 does not print a comprehensive dump as printed by -dump. Default
36 -no_status, -nst
37 does not print status information.
38 -no_trace
39 does not print the address and length of each block. Default
40 -status, -st
41 prints the maximum size, the size occupated my allocated blocks,
42 and the maximum possible size for a new allocation.
43 -trace
44 prints the address and length of each block and, if -long is
45 specified, an octal dump of each block.
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48 Notes: Names and control arguments can be present in any order.
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50 If no areas are specified, -default is assumed. If no actions are
51 specified, -status is assumed.
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53 In addition, if more than one action is specified, the operations
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56 -status -dump -trace