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.outobject

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

BUGS

3rd Berkeley Distribution  —  VAX-11