Controlling your assembly

The assembler options are specified on the PARM parameter of the JCL EXEC statement or the ICCF /LOAD job entry statement. The options must be enclosed within apostrophes and be separated by commas.

The assembler options are described in Controlling your assembly with options. You can also specify some assembler options using the // OPTION job control statement. These are described in Table 1.

Table 1. Assembler options in JCL
Assembler Option	JCL OPTION Equivalent	Comments
ALIGN	ALIGN
DECK	DECK	The DECK assembler option is always specified using the JCL OPTION statement. If the DECK option is specified on the PARM operand of the JCL EXEC statement, error diagnostic message `ASMA400W` is issued, and the DECK option is ignored.
LIST	LIST	The LIST assembler option is equivalent to specifying LIST(121).
OBJECT	LINK CATAL	The OBJECT assembler option is always specified using the LINK or CATAL option of the JCL OPTION statement. If the OBJECT option is specified on the PARM operand of the JCL EXEC statement, error diagnostic message `ASMA400W` is issued, and the OBJECT option is ignored.
RLD	RLD
SYSPARM	SYSPARM	The value specified in the SYSPARM option of the JCL OPTION statement is limited to eight characters. To provide longer values, use the SYSPARM assembler option. The SYSPARM value specified on the PARM operand of the JCL EXEC statement overrides any value specified on the JCL OPTION statement. A null value (// OPTION SYSPARM='') is ignored by the assembler.
TERMINAL	TERM
XREF	SXREF XREF	The XREF option of the JCL OPTION statement can be used to specify the XREF(FULL) assembler option. The SXREF option of the JCL OPTION statement can be used to specify the XREF(SHORT) assembler option.
WORFILE	WORFILE	A WORFILE (SYSUT1) is used as a spill file should the assembler need to store internal data and has exhausted the memory allocated