(as.info) Object

 
 Output (Object) File
 ====================
 
    Every time you run `as' it produces an output file, which is your
 assembly language program translated into numbers.  This file is the
 object file.  Its default name is `a.out', or `b.out' when `as' is
 configured for the Intel 80960.  You can give it another name by using
 the `-o' option.  Conventionally, object file names end with `.o'.  The
 default name is used for historical reasons: older assemblers were
 capable of assembling self-contained programs directly into a runnable
 program.  (For some formats, this isn't currently possible, but it can
 be done for the `a.out' format.)
 
    The object file is meant for input to the linker `ld'.  It contains
 assembled program code, information to help `ld' integrate the
 assembled program into a runnable file, and (optionally) symbolic
 information for the debugger.

Info Catalog

(as.info) Input Files

(as.info) Overview

(as.info) Errors

automatically generated byinfo2html