AS(1)

NAME
as - assembler

SYNOPSIS
as [ -d124 ] [ -L ] [ -o objfile ] [ name ... ]

DESCRIPTION
As assembles the named files, or the standard input if no file name is specified. The optional argument -d may be used to specify the number of bytes to be assembled for offsets which involve forward or external references, which have sizes unspecified in the assembly language. The default is four bytes, i.e., -d4 . All undefined symbols in the assembly are treated as global. Normally all labels which begin with a `L' are discarded to save space in the resultant output file; the compilers generate such temporary labels. The -L option causes these labels to not be discarded.

The output of the assembly is left on the file objfile; if that is omitted, a.out is used.

FILES
/tmp/as*    temporary
/tmp/a[ab][a-h]t*    temporary
a.out    object

SEE ALSO
ld(1), nm(1), adb(1), sdb(1), a.out(5)
Auxiliary documentation Assembler Reference Manual.

AUTHORS
John F. Resier
Robert R. Henry

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