.TH LINKDATA 1
.SH NAME
link \- group data files into the text segment of a .o file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B linkdata file1 file2 ...
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.IR linkdata
reads the named files and generates an a.out-format file on the
standard output.  The resulting file is as if it were assembled from
the following .s file.  (The files can be rather long, so it's not
a good idea to make an actual assembly language file.)
.DS L
.ft C
    .text
    .globl datalist
    .set datalist, 1f+4   # if there are no files, use  ".set datalist, 1"

# repeat the following for each file
    .align 2
1:  .long 0x31
    .long 2f+4
    .long 3f+4
    .long 1f+4  # for the last file, use   .long 1   instead
2:  .long strlen("filename")*16+15
    .ascii "filename"
    .align 2
3:  .word  length(contents of file1)*16+15
    .byte  [contents of file 1]
    .align 2

.ft R
.DE