.TH AS 1 "UNIX/32V"
.SH NAME
as \- assembler
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B as
[
.B \-d124
] [
.B \-o
objfile ] [ file ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I As
assembles the named file, or the standard input if no file 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.  The default is four bytes,
i.e.,
.B \-d4
\&.
All undefined symbols in the assembly
are treated as global.
.PP
The output of the assembly is left on the file
.I objfile;
if that is omitted,
.B 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),
a.out(5)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Error messages are intended to be self explanatory.
.SH BUGS
Syntax errors can cause incorrect line numbers
in following diagnostics.