Library /sys$common/syshlp/patchhelp.hlb DEPOSIT  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 Use DEPOSIT to deposit new data or instructions into one or  more
 consecutive locations.

 Depositing Data or Instructions:
 __________ ____ __ _____________
 	The DEPOSIT  command  lets  you replace  the  contents  of  a
      location or of several consecutive locations in terms of the
      current  mode  settings.   The  DEPOSIT command  does  not
      request  verification of the current contents before replacing
      the contents with new data or instructions (that is,  this  command
      assumes that you know what you are doing).  In cases when you want
      to confirm that  data  or  instructions  that will be overwritten,
      use the REPLACE command.

      When you are adding instructions to an  image  file,  the  INSERT
      command, which performs automatic branching to and from the patch
      area, is easier to use.

 Depositing Data or Instructions into Patch Area:
 __________ ____ __ ____________ ____ _____ _____
      The /PATCH_AREA qualifier causes the data or instructions to be
      inserted into the current patch area.  The location you supply must
      be  the  first free byte in the patch area.  To determine the first
      free byte in the  patch  area,  issue  the  SHOW  PATCH_AREA  command
      or  the ALIGN/BYTE  command.   After  you deposit the data, PATCH
      updates the patch area string descriptor to reflect the modifications.

      Unlike the INSERT and REPLACE  commands,  the  DEPOSIT/PATCH_AREA
      command requires that you insert the branch instructions into the
      appropriate locations to maintain the  logical  flow  of  program
      execution to and from the patch area.

 Format:

      DEPOSIT location = new-contents [,...]

           Mode Qualifiers                 Defaults
           ____ __________                 ________

           /BYTE
           /WORD                           /LONG
           /LONG

           /OCTAL
           /DECIMAL                        /HEXADECIMAL
           /HEXADECIMAL

           /[NO]ASCII                      /NOASCII
           /[NO]INSTRUCTION                /NOINSTRUCTION
           /[NO]SYMBOLS                    /SYMBOLS

           /[NO]GLOBALS                    /NOGLOBALS
           /[NO]SCOPE                      /SCOPE

 Prompts:

 	LOC> location
 	NEW> new-contents

  Additional Information (explode) :

• Parameters
• Qualifiers