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.TH imgconv 1 "Mar, 1997"
.BY Matt Gumbley et al
.nh
.SH NAME
imgconv \- a.out to .img executable file converter
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B imgconv a.out-file .img-file 
.RB [ -Ccode_version_number ]
.RB [ -Hheap_paragraphs ]
.RB [ -Iinitial_IP ]
.RB [ -Ppriority ]
.RB [ -Sstack_paragraphs ]
.RB [ -V ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B imgconv
converts an executable file in the 
.B a.out
format (as produced by the
.B bcc
toolset) into a 
.B .img
file, suitable for executing on a SIBO-compatible computer, i.e. 
Series 3/3a/3c etc.

A .img file contains code and data, and also up to four embedded files. These
files are added automatically according to an embedded file list.

.B imgconv
is normally invoked automatically by the
.B bcc
compiler front-end: when invoked like this, the 
.B -Sstack_paragraphs
option is always given.

You may invoke 
.B imgconv
by hand.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -Ccode_version_number
Sets the code version number in the .img file header structure. The default
value for this is 8204 decimal, 0x200C hex.
.TP
.B -Hheap_paragraphs
Sets the initial size of the heap area in the .img file header structure. 
The default value for this is 128 paragraphs. (A paragraph is 16 bytes)
.TP
.B -Iinitial_IP
Sets the initial value for the instruction pointer register, in the .img
file header structure. The default value for this is 0, meaning that
execution of this .img will start at the first instruction in the code
segment. (Which is usually the crt0.o startup module, automatically linked
to your executable by ld86)
.TP
.B -Ppriority
Sets the priority this executable will have when running under EPOC.
The default value of this is 128.
.TP
.B -Sstack_paragraphs
Sets the number of paragraphs allocated to the stack segment when this
executable is run under EPOC. The default value is 16 paragraphs (256 bytes)

Note: The data segment of a running process consists of the following areas:

* The "magic statics" - these occupy the first 64 bytes of the data segment. 
This area is not included in the .img file, but is automatically added when 
a process is loaded into memory.

* The stack area - This area is not included in the .img file, but is
automatically added when a process is loaded into memory. The size of
the stack area is determined by the 
.B -Sstack_paragraphs
option on
.B imgconv

* The initialised data area - initialised with data from the .img file

* The uninitialised data area

* The heap area


Due to the fact that the stack area is before the process's variables in the
initialised or uninitialised data areas, once a program has been linked, it 
is not possible to change the stack size as this would change the offsets to 
these variables.

The 
.B -Ddata_base_address
option of 
.B ld86
and this option are related: this option specifies how large the stack will
be, while the ld86 -D option ensures that offsets of variables in the data
segment point to the memory area 
.B after
the stack.

So, although you can use this option manually, it is better to let the 
.B bcc
front end handle it for you. In that way, the -X-D and -Y-S options are
correctly passed to the linker and image converter.

.TP
.B -V
Verbose mode - displays code statistics.
.P
.SH EMBEDDED FILES
To embed other files within the .img file created by imgconv, place their
names in a .afl file. This .afl file must have the same base name as 
the .img file. 

e.g. for a .img file fred.img, create a file list fred.afl 

The files specified in the .afl file must exist. They can be zero length.

.P
.SH SEE ALSO
bcc(1), ld86(1), imgdump(1)
.SH BUGS
<MICROSOFT> There are no bugs. </MICROSOFT>
.SH AUTHOR
Matt Gumbley <matt@cs.keele.ac.uk>, and a cast of thousands
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