If assembly does not terminate normally, these files may remain. You can create an error log file by specifying a filename parameter to the -e option. If you do not specify a full pathname, Asm creates the error file in the current directory. If an error message appears stating that the error message file was not found, it means that the assembler was unable to find this file. If you specify redundant or conflicting options, the assembler does not issue an error or warning message but simply uses the last option specified.
Some options have equivalent directives that can be placed in the source file.
Where there is such a directive, an explanation of the directive is provided with the option. The default number of digits is 5. The parameter blocks is a number between 6 and 62. If you omit this option, the assembler sets the size of blocks based on whether there is enough memory space or not. However, note that increasing the value of blocks reduces the amount of memory available for other assembly-language structures, such as symbol tables.