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Document the -dynamic-space-size and -nositeinit command-line options.

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\section{Command Line Options}
\cindex{command line options}
\label{command-line-options}
The command line syntax and environment is described in the
\verb|lisp(1)| man page in the man/man1 directory of the distribution.
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core file. Rather than using the default core file
(\file{lib/lisp.core}), the specified core file is loaded.
\item[\code{-dynamic-space-size}] requires an argument that should be
the number of megabytes (1048576 bytes) that should be allocated to
the heap. If not specified, a platform-specific default is used.
The actual maximum allowed heap size is platform-specific.
Currently, this option is only available for the x86 and sparc
platforms.
\item[\code{-edit}] specifies to enter Hemlock. A file to edit may be
specified by placing the name of the file between the program name
(usually \file{lisp}) and the first switch.
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file should not be loaded during the normal start up sequence.
Also, this switch suppresses the loading of a hemlock init file when
Hemlock is started up with the \code{-edit} switch.
\item[\code{-nositeinit}] accepts no arguments and specifies that the
site init file should not be loaded during the normal start up
sequence.
\item[\code{-load}] accepts an argument which should be the name of a
file to load into Lisp before entering Lisp's read-eval-print loop.
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