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+; test source file for assembling to a.out
+; build with:
+;    nasm -f aout aouttest.asm
+;    gcc -o aouttest aouttest.c aouttest.o
+; (assuming your gcc is a.out)
+
+; This file should test the following:
+; [1] Define and export a global text-section symbol
+; [2] Define and export a global data-section symbol
+; [3] Define and export a global BSS-section symbol
+; [4] Define a non-global text-section symbol
+; [5] Define a non-global data-section symbol
+; [6] Define a non-global BSS-section symbol
+; [7] Define a COMMON symbol
+; [8] Define a NASM local label
+; [9] Reference a NASM local label
+; [10] Import an external symbol
+; [11] Make a PC-relative call to an external symbol
+; [12] Reference a text-section symbol in the text section
+; [13] Reference a data-section symbol in the text section
+; [14] Reference a BSS-section symbol in the text section
+; [15] Reference a text-section symbol in the data section
+; [16] Reference a data-section symbol in the data section
+; [17] Reference a BSS-section symbol in the data section
+
+	  BITS 32
+	  GLOBAL _lrotate	; [1]
+	  GLOBAL _greet		; [1]
+	  GLOBAL _asmstr	; [2]
+	  GLOBAL _textptr	; [2]
+	  GLOBAL _selfptr	; [2]
+	  GLOBAL _integer	; [3]
+	  EXTERN _printf	; [10]
+	  COMMON _commvar 4	; [7]
+
+	  SECTION .text
+
+; prototype: long lrotate(long x, int num);
+_lrotate:			; [1]
+	  push ebp
+	  mov ebp,esp
+	  mov eax,[ebp+8]
+	  mov ecx,[ebp+12]
+.label	  rol eax,1		; [4] [8]
+	  loop .label		; [9] [12]
+	  mov esp,ebp
+	  pop ebp
+	  ret
+
+; prototype: void greet(void);
+_greet	  mov eax,[_integer]	; [14]
+	  inc eax
+	  mov [localint],eax	; [14]
+	  push dword [_commvar]
+	  mov eax,[localptr]	; [13]
+	  push dword [eax]
+	  push dword [_integer]	; [1] [14]
+	  push dword _printfstr	; [13]
+	  call _printf		; [11]
+	  add esp,16
+	  ret
+
+	  SECTION .data
+
+; a string
+_asmstr	  db 'hello, world', 0	; [2]
+
+; a string for Printf
+_printfstr db "integer==%d, localint==%d, commvar=%d"
+	  db 10, 0
+
+; some pointers
+localptr  dd localint		; [5] [17]
+_textptr  dd _greet		; [15]
+_selfptr  dd _selfptr		; [16]
+
+	  SECTION .bss
+
+; an integer
+_integer  resd 1		; [3]
+
+; a local integer
+localint  resd 1		; [6]
diff --git a/travis/test/aouttest.json b/travis/test/aouttest.json
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+[
+	{
+		"description": "Test aout format (-Ox)",
+		"id": "aouttest",
+		"format": "aout",
+		"source": "aouttest.asm",
+		"option": "-Ox",
+		"target": [
+			{ "output": "aouttest-ox.o" }
+		]
+	},
+	{
+		"description": "Test aout format (-O0)",
+		"ref": "aouttest",
+		"option": "-O0",
+		"target": [
+			{ "output": "aouttest-o0.o" }
+		]
+	}
+]