/sys$common/syshlp/SDA.HLB  —  READ  Qualifiers  /FORCE
       /FORCE filespec

    Forces SDA to read the symbols file, regardless of what other
    information or qualifiers are specified. If you do not specify
    the /FORCE qualifier, SDA may not read the symbols file if the
    specified filespec matches the image name in either the executive
    loaded images or the current processes activated image list, and
    one of the following conditions is true:

    o  The image has a symbols vector (is a shareable image), and
       a symbols vector was not specified with the /SYMVA or /IMAGE
       qualifier.

    o  The image is sliced, and slicing information was not provided
       with the /IMAGE qualifier.

    o  The shareable or executive image is not loaded at the same
       address it was linked at, and the relocation information was
       not provided with either the /IMAGE or /RELOCATE qualifier.

    The use of /FORCE [/SYMVA=addr][/RELOCATE=addr] filespec is a
    variant of the /IMAGE qualifier and avoids fixing up the symbols
    to match an image of the same name.
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