.TH ASHEAD "" "" "Environmental Variable"
.PC "Append options to beginning of as command line"
\fBexport ASHEAD=\fIoptions\fR
.PP
The \*(CO assembler
.B as
reads the environmental variables
.B ASHEAD
and
.B ASTAIL
before it begins its work.
You can set these variables to hold the default options that you want the
assembler always to use.
.PP
.B as
appends the options in
.B ASHEAD
to the beginning of its command line.
.SH "See Also"
.Xr as, as
.Xr ASTAIL, astail
.Xr "environmental variables" environva
