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1.1       root        1: .th AS I 1/15/73
                      2: .sh NAME
                      3: as \*- assembler
                      4: .sh SYNOPSIS
                      5: .bd as
                      6: [
                      7: .bd \*-
                      8: ] name ...
                      9: .sh DESCRIPTION
                     10: .it As
                     11: assembles the concatenation of the named files.
                     12: If the optional first argument
                     13: .bd \*-
                     14: is used,
                     15: all undefined symbols in the assembly
                     16: are treated as global.
                     17: .s3
                     18: The output of the assembly is left on the file
                     19: .bd "a.out."
                     20: It is executable if no errors occurred
                     21: during the assembly,
                     22: and if there were no unresolved external references.
                     23: .sh FILES
                     24: /etc/as2       pass 2 of the assembler
                     25: .br
                     26: /tmp/atm[1-4]? temporary
                     27: .br
                     28: a.out          object
                     29: .sh "SEE ALSO"
                     30: ld(I),
                     31: nm(I),
                     32: db(I),
                     33: a.out(V),
                     34: `UNIX Assembler Manual'.
                     35: .sh DIAGNOSTICS
                     36: When
                     37: an input file cannot be read, its name
                     38: followed by a question mark is typed and assembly
                     39: ceases.
                     40: When syntactic or semantic errors occur, a single-character diagnostic is typed out
                     41: together with the line number and the file name in which it
                     42: occurred.
                     43: Errors in pass 1 cause cancellation of pass 2.
                     44: The possible errors are:
                     45: .s3
                     46: .ta 3
                     47: )      Parentheses error
                     48: .br
                     49: ]      Parentheses error
                     50: .br
                     51: <      String not terminated properly
                     52: .br
                     53: *      Indirection used illegally
                     54: .br
                     55: .li
                     56: \fB.\fR        Illegal assignment to `\fB.\fR'
                     57: .br
                     58: A      Error in address
                     59: .br
                     60: B      Branch instruction is odd or too remote
                     61: .br
                     62: E      Error in expression
                     63: .br
                     64: F      Error in local (`f' or `b') type symbol
                     65: .br
                     66: G      Garbage (unknown) character
                     67: .br
                     68: I      End of file inside an if
                     69: .br
                     70: M      Multiply defined symbol as label
                     71: .br
                     72: O      Word quantity assembled at odd address
                     73: .br
                     74: P      `\fB.\fR' different in pass 1 and 2
                     75: .br
                     76: R      Relocation error
                     77: .br
                     78: U      Undefined symbol
                     79: .br
                     80: X      Syntax error
                     81: .br
                     82: .sh BUGS
                     83: Symbol table overflow is not checked.
                     84: \fBx\fR errors can cause incorrect line numbers
                     85: in following diagnostics.

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