PSECT

common-name

Is the name of the common block. The slashes ( / ) are required.

a

Is one of the following:

• ALIGN= val or ALIGN= keyword

  Specifies minimum alignment for the common block. ALIGN only has an effect when specified on Windows* and Linux* systems.

  The val is a constant ranging from 0 through 6 on Windows* systems and 0 through 4 on Linux* systems. The specified number is interpreted as a power of 2. The value of the expression is the alignment in bytes.

  The keyword is one of the following:

  Keyword	Equivalent to val
  BYTE	0
  WORD	1
  LONG	2
  QUAD	3
  OCTA	4
  PAGE	On IA-32 architecture: range is 0 through 13 for Windows*; 0 through 12 for Linux*

• [NO]WRT

  Determines whether the contents of a common block can be modified during program execution.