When this qualifier is appended to an input file specification,
    the linker processes only those symbols in the input file that
    have been referenced by previously processed input files.

    Format

      input-file-name/SELECTIVE_SEARCH

1  –  Qualifier Values

 input-file-name

    The input file you want included in the link operation. The
    /SELECTIVE_SEARCH qualifier works with object modules and
    shareable images only. This qualifier is illegal with library
    files. (To process the modules in a library selectively, you
    specify the /SELECTIVE_SEARCH qualifier when inserting the
    files into the library. For more information, see the VSI OpenVMS
    Command Definition, Librarian, and Message Utilities Manual.)