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1.TH AS 1 "UNIX/32V"
2.SH NAME
3as \- assembler
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5.B as
6[
7.B \-d124
8] [
9.B \-o
10objfile ] [ file ]
11.SH DESCRIPTION
12.I As
13assembles the named file, or the standard input if no file is specified.
14The optional argument
15.B \-d
16may be used to specify the number of bytes to be assembled for offsets
17which involve forward or external references. The default is four bytes,
18i.e.,
19.B \-d4
20\&.
21All undefined symbols in the assembly
22are treated as global.
23.PP
24The output of the assembly is left on the file
25.I objfile;
26if that is omitted,
27.B a.out
28is used.
29.SH FILES
30.ta \w'/tmp/a[ab][a\-h]t\(**\ \ 'u
31/tmp/as\(** temporary
32.br
33/tmp/a[ab][a\-h]t\(** temporary
34.br
35a.out object
36.SH "SEE ALSO"
37ld(1),
38nm(1),
39adb(1),
40a.out(5)
41.SH DIAGNOSTICS
42Error messages are intended to be self explanatory.
43.SH BUGS
44Syntax errors can cause incorrect line numbers
45in following diagnostics.