Control statement processing

The only control statements processed by the prelinker are IMPORT, INCLUDE, LIBRARY, and RENAME. The remaining control statements are left unchanged until the link-edit step.

The control statements can be placed in the input stream or stored in a permanent data set.

Note: If you cannot fit all of the information on one control statement, you can use one or more continuations. The L-name, for example, can be split across more than one statement. Continuations are enabled by placing a nonblank character in column 72 of the statement that is to be continued. They must begin in column 16 of the next statement.