.global

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Syntax: .global symbol

.global makes the symbol visible to ld. If you define symbol in your partial program, its value is made available to other partial programs that are linked with it. Otherwise, symbol takes its attributes from a symbol of the same name from another file linked into the same program.

Both spellings (.globl and .global) are accepted, for compatibility with other assemblers. .xdef is also accepted as a synonym for .global.