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Hello ,
I would request you to give some information regarding the use of LOCATOR/LINKER.

With Regards
Narendhar.G

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I have no idea what you mean by LOCATOR, but a linker is a program that creates an executable file from the object files and libraries.

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The linker takes all your objects and libraries, and produces a relocatable program which can be executed by the OS program loader.

The locator goes one step further and fixes the image at a specific address in memory. You would use a locator if you were say producing bootstrap code to be flashed into eprom, or producing code for an embedded system with a simple (or no) operating system.

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