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Re: Special Symbols in AS?

From: Peter Barada <peter at the-baradas dot com>
To: ryans at gamersimpact dot com
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:02:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Special Symbols in AS?
References: <49276.63.226.178.14.1082573150.squirrel@www2.neuroflux.com>

>Are there any special symbols available in the GAS syntax? I'm writing ax
>x86 bootsector and it would be really nice if I could put:
>
>.space (510-$$)
>.word 0xaa55
>
>at the end, where $$ represents the current assembled position, instead of
>calculating how long the file is and then adjusting it everytime I change
>the length.

I think that:

  .space (510-.)

should work.

YMMV.

-- 
Peter Barada
peter@the-baradas.com

References:
- Special Symbols in AS?
  - From: Ryan Sommers

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