Input and output files

Depending on the options in effect, High Level Assembler requires the following files, as shown in Figure 1:

Figure 1. High Level Assembler Files

                            ┌──────────────┐
                            │   SYSIPT     │
                            └───────┬──────┘
                                    │
                                    │
                                    V
 ┌──────────────┐           ┌──────────────┐
 │ Library      ├──────────>│   Assembler  │
 └──────────────┘           └───────┬──────┘
                                    │
                                    V
      ┌──────────────┬──────────────┬──────────────┬──────────────┐
      │              │              │              │              │
      V              V              V              V              V
┌───────────┐  ┌───────────┐  ┌───────────┐  ┌───────────┐  ┌───────────┐
│  SYSLST   │  │  SYSLOG   │  │  SYSLNK   │  │  SYSPCH   │  │  SYSADAT  │
└───────────┘  └───────────┘  └───────────┘  └───────────┘  └───────────┘

High Level Assembler requires the following files:

SYSIPT: An input file containing the source statements to be processed.

In addition, the following six files might be required:

Library: Library sublibraries containing macro definitions (for macro definitions not defined in the source program), source code to be called for through COPY assembler instructions, or both. One of the sublibraries might also contain a member (ASMAOPT.USER) which contains an invocation assembler option list.
SYSLST: A file containing the assembly listing (if the LIST option is in effect).
SYSLOG: A file containing flagged statements and diagnostic messages. (only if the TERM option is in effect). SYSLOG is normally assigned to the operator console.
SYSPCH: A file containing object module output, normally for punching (only if the DECK option is in effect).
SYSLNK: A file containing object module output for input to the linkage editor (only if the OBJECT option is in effect).
SYSADAT: A file containing associated data output (only if the ADATA option is in effect).

The files listed above are described in the text following Table 1. The characteristics of these files, those set by the assembler and those you can override, are shown in Table 1.

Table 1. Assembler file characteristics
File	Access Method	Logical Record Length (LRECL)	Block Size (BLKSIZE)	Record Format (RECFM)
SYSIPT	SAM	80	80	FIXED
Library	LIBR API	80	80	FIXED
Library member ASMAOPT.USER	LIBR API	80	80	FIXED
SYSLST	SAM	1	Same as record size	FIXED
SYSLOG	SAM	2	Same as record size	FIXED
SYSPCH	SAM	80	80	FIXED
SYSLNK	SAM	80	80	FIXED
SYSADAT	SAM	32756	32760	VARBLK
SYSUT1	SAM		32760	FIXED
ASMAOPT	SAM	80	32760	FIXED

Notes to Table 1:

1: If you specify EXIT(PRTEXIT) and the user exit specifies the logical record length, the logical record length returned is used. If you do not specify EXIT(PRTEXIT) or the user exit does not specify a record length, the record length is set to 121 if SYSLST is assigned to disk or 133 otherwise.
The minimum record length allowed for SYSPRINT is 121, and the maximum allowed is 133.
2: If you specify EXIT(TRMEXIT) and the user exit specifies the logical record length, the logical record length returned is used. If you do not specify EXIT(TRMEXIT) or the user exit does not specify a record length, the record length is set to 68. The maximum record length allowed for SYSTERM is 125.
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