filename. The 'N_EINCL' value, and the values of the other and description fields for all three, appear to always be zero. For the start of an include file in XCOFF, use the '.bi' assembler directive, which generates a 'C_BINCL' symbol. A '.ei' directive, which generates a 'C_EINCL' symbol, denotes the end of the include file. Both directives are followed by the name of the source file in quotes, which becomes the string for the symbol. The value of each symbol, produced automatically by the assembler and linker, is the offset into the executable of the beginning (inclusive, as you'd expect) or end (inclusive, as you would not expect) of the portion of the COFF line table that corresponds to this include file. 'C_BINCL' and 'C_EINCL' do not nest.