.TH AS 1 VAX-11
.UC
.SH NAME
as \- assembler
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B as
[
.B \-d124
] [
.B \-L
] [
.B \-o
objfile ] [ name ... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I As
assembles the named files, or the standard input if no file name is specified.
The optional argument
.B \-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.,
.B \-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
.B \-L
option causes these labels to not be discarded.
.PP
The output of the assembly is left on the file
.I objfile;
if that is omitted,
.I a.out
is used.
.SH FILES
.ta \w'/tmp/a[ab][a\-h]t\(**\ \ 'u
/tmp/as\(**	temporary
.br
/tmp/a[ab][a\-h]t\(**	temporary
.br
a.out		object
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ld(1),
nm(1),
adb(1),
sdb(1),
a.out(5)
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Auxiliary documentation
.I Assembler Reference Manual.
.SH AUTHORS
John F. Resier
.br
Robert R. Henry
.SH BUGS