Chapter 10 Writing Assembler Control Statements184 File Inclusion10.2.1 #includeSyntax#include ”filename”Functional descriptionThis directive causes the assembler to read in the source file with the specified name at the location ofthe directive.NOTE: The included file will be assembled and output to the relocatable object file andlist file. In order for the list file to show that lines were included as part of aninclude file, a period (.) will be prefixed before the line number.By specifying the assembler's Li option, you can suppress output of include files to the list file.Coding rulesThe file is specified by the file name enclosed in double quotation marks ("). If the file is in a differentdirectory, the file name specification must include the path name. The assembler will assume an .ASMextension if the extension is omitted.NOTE: By adding the I option when starting the assembler, you can specify a path namefor include files. However, even in this case the option will be ignored if a specificpath name is coded within "filename".NOTE: As the assembler ignores all text after the directive coding rules, end directivecoding rules should not be written in a file captured with “include”.
