Meta-Assembler (MASM) Programming Reference Manual

MASM Usage
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In addition to the MASM-unique options listed in Table 2-1, the general symbolic
input/output routine (SIR$) options listed in Table 2-2 are available.
Table 2-2. Symbolic Input/Output Routine Options (SIR$)
Option Description
G* Input is compressed symbolic in columns 1 to 80 of the symbolic images. Applies
only with the I option.
H* Input contains sequence numbers in columns 73 to 80 of the symbolic images. Applies
only with the I option.
I Reads images from the runstream and inserts them into a new symbolic. If the I option
is present without any si specification, SIR$ reads images from the runstream and
passes them to the caller.
J* Input contains compressed symbolic images in columns 1 to 72 of the images and
sequence numbers in columns 73 to 80. These sequence numbers are not checked
by the K option. Applies only with the I option.
K* Checks sequence numbers in columns 73 to 80 of the symbolic images (valid only with
H and I options).
P** Outputs symbolic in Fieldata. (Compare with Q.)
Q** Outputs symbolic in ASCII. If neither P nor Q is specified, code type of input symbolic
is used. If the I option is specified without P or Q, the type of the first call to SIR$
determines the output type: ASCII, if GETAS$ call; Fieldata, if GETSR$ call; and native
type if GETNM$ call. If both P and Q are specified, output is symbolic with mixed
images, Fieldata and ASCII (only if mixed mode code is turned on (NM = 1), otherwise
output type is the same as input type).
U Reads change images from the runstream; applies them to the symbolic input element;
and produces a new cycle of the symbolic element.
W Lists change images.
* A configurable feature that is disabled in the standard version of MASM.
** Fieldata output was disabled in some earlier SYSLIB versions of SIR$. Fieldata output is
possible again.
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