Question

Which assembler option is used to turn off long or short address optimization?

(a) -n

(b) -V

(c) -m

(d) -o

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Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) -n

To elaborate: The option -o puts the assembler into the file obj file, -V can write the assembler’s version number on the standard error output, -m runs the macro preprocessor on the source file and -n turns off the long or short address optimization.