/SECTION   (Specify Section Attributes)

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Syntax

/SECTION:name**,**[E][C][I][R][W][S][D][K][L][P][X]

This option changes the attributesof a section, overriding the attributesset when the .OBJ file for the section was compiled.

A section in a portable executable (PE) file is roughly equivalent to a segment or the resources in an NE file. Sections contain either code or data. Unlike segments, sections are blocks of contiguous memory with no size constraints. Some sections contain code or data that your program declared and uses directly, while other data sections are created for you by the linker and librarian, and contain information vital to the operating system.

Specify a colon (:) and a section name. The name is case sensitive.

Specify one or more attributes for the section. The attribute characters, listed below, are not case sensitive. You must specify all attributes**that you want the section to have; an omitted attribute character causes that attribute bit to be turned off. The meanings of the attribute characters are shown below.

Character	Attribute	Meaning
E	Execute	Allows code to be executed
C	Conforming	Marks the section as conforming
I	IOPL	Marks the section as IOPL
R	Read	Allows read operations on data
W	Write	Allows write operations on data
S	Shared	Shares the section among all processes that load the image
D	Discardable	Marks the section as discardable
K	Cacheable	Marks the section as not cacheable
L	Preload	VxD only; marks the section as preload
P	Pageable	Marks the section as not pageable
X	Memory-resident	VxD only; marks the section as memory-resident

A section that does not have E, R, or W set is probably invalid.