---
name: "z88dk-z80asm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "z88dk-bin"
version: "1.8.ds1-10"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/z88dk-z80asm"
---

# z88dk-z80asm(1)

Z80 assembler compiler.

## NAME

**z88dk-z80asm** - Z80 assembler compiler.

## SYSNOPIS

z88dk-z80asm \[options\] \[ @\<modulefile\> \| {\<filename\>} \]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the z88dk tools. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others), because the original program does not have a manual page.

z88dk-z80asm is a Z80 assembler cross compiler.

Please refer to the z88dk documentation in /usr/share/doc/z88dk-doc/ for the complete description of the system. If /usr/share/doc/z88dk-doc not exists, please install the package z88dk-doc.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  display help

- **-n**

  defines option to be turned OFF (except **-r** **-R** **-i** **-x** **-D** **-t** **-o**)

- **-v**

  verbose

- **-l**

  listing file

- **-s**

  symbol table,

- **-m**

  map listing file

- **-r\<ORG\>**

  Explicit relocation \<ORG\> defined in hex (ignore ORG in first module)

- **-plus**

  Interpret 'Invoke' as RST 28h

- **-R**

  Generate relocatable code (Automatical relocation before execution)

- **-D\<symbol\>**

  define symbol as logically TRUE (used for conditional assembly)

- **-b**

  assemble files & link to ORG address. **-c** split code in 16K banks

- **-d**

  date stamp control, assemble only if source file \> object file **-a**: **-b** & **-d** (assemble only updated source files, then link & relocate)

- **-o\<bin filename\>**

  expl. output filename, **-g** XDEF reloc. addr. from all modules

- **-i\<library\>**

  include \<library\> LIB modules with .obj modules during linking

- **-x\<library\>**

  create library from specified modules ( e.g. with @\<modules\> )

- **-t\<n\>**

  tabulator width for .map, .def, .sym files. Column width is 4 times **-t**

Default options: **-nv** **-nd** **-nb** **-nl** **-s** **-m** **-ng** **-nc** **-nR** **-t8**

## SEE ALSO

[**z88dk**(1)](/z88dk/1.md), [**z88dk-zcc**(1)](/z88dk-zcc/1.md), [**z88dk-z80asm**(1)](/z88dk-z80asm/1.md), [**z88dk-appmake**(1)](/z88dk-appmake/1.md), [**z88dk-copt**(1)](/z88dk-copt/1.md).

## AUTHOR

z88dk was written by Dominic Morris \<dom@z88dk.org\>, and others. z80asm was written by Gunther Strube \<gbs@image.dk\>. This manual page was written by Krystian Wlosek \<tygrys@waw.pdi.net\> using exists documentation, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.