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Generate an object file from each specified assembly-language source file. Object files have the same root name as source files but replace the .s suffix with .o. There may be some additional system-specific options.
Options
-- [ | files]
Read input files from standard input, or from files if the pipe is used.
-a[cdhlmns] [=file]
With only the -a option, list source code, assembler listing, and symbol table. The other options specify additional things to list or omit:
-ac
Omit false conditionals.
-ad
Omit debugging directives.
-ah
Include the high-level source code, if available.
-al
Include an assembly listing.
-am
Include macro expansions.
-an
Suppress forms processing.
-as
Include a symbol listing.
=file
Set the listing filename to file.
--defsymsymbol=value
Define the symbol to have the value value, which must be an integer.
-f
Skip whitespace and comment preprocessing.
--fatal-warnings
Treat warnings as errors.
--gstabs
Generate debugging information in stabs format.
--gdwarf2
Generate DWARF2 debugging information.
-oobjfile
Place output in object file objfile (default is file.o).
--statistics
Print information on how much time and space assembler uses.
-v
Display the version number of the assembler.
-Ipath
Include path when searching for .include directives.