ASMAOPT options

High Level Assembler accepts options from an external file (z/OS and CMS) with the DDname ASMAOPT or library member (z/VSE) with the name and type ASMAOPT.USER. The file or library member can contain multiple records. All records are read from the file or library member.

The contents of each record are used to build an internal buffer containing the complete option list. Each record is processed until the first space is encountered, unless the option being processed is a SYSPARM option which is enclosed in quotes. The assembler appends the options string from each record, separating the strings with commas. For example, these records:

ADATA,MXREF
SYSPARM(TESTPARM)
XREF(FULL)

generate this option list:

ADATA,MXREF,SYSPARM(TESTPARM),XREF(FULL)