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CHANGE Link File Command

Provides compatibility with the IBM binder that replaces the IBM linkage editor. However, the Studio Enterprise Edition Assembler implementation emulates the linkage editor, not the binder.

Syntax:

CHANGE {oldname(newname),}...

Parameters:

oldname: The external symbol to be changed.
newname: The new name to which the external symbol is to be changed.

Comments:

You can repeat the parameters to change multiple external symbols. Continuation lines are not accepted, so use multiple CHANGE commands if you have more entries than will fit on one line.

If you want to change external symbols in the main module, use the COMPOSITE linker directive to suppress the automatic inclusion of the main module, then specify your CHANGE commands followed by an INCLUDE command for the main module.