-D

Category

Input control

Purpose

Specifies whether the compiler compiles fixed source form lines with a D in column 1 or treats them as comments.

-qdlines is the long form of -D.

Syntax

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>>- -D---------------------------------------------------------><

@PROCESS:

@PROCESS DLINES | NODLINES

Usage

If you specify -D, fixed source form lines that have a D in column 1 are compiled. The default action is to treat these lines as comment lines. They are typically used for sections of debugging code that need to be turned on and off.

Note that in order to pass C-style -D macro definitions to the C preprocessor, for example, when compiling a file that ends with .F, use the -W option. For example:
-WF,-DDEFINE_THIS