17.2.2 %IDENT Directive
The %IDENT directive identifies the version of a program
module. The identification text must be a quoted string of
up to 31 characters. The information contained within the
identification text appears in the listing file and the object
module. Thus, the map file created by the OpenVMS Linker
also contains this information.
The identification text appears in the first 31 character posi-
tions of the second line on each subsequent listing page. In the
following example, the %IDENT information appears as the
first entry on the second line of the listing. The information is
also included in the object module if the compilation produces
one. If the linker generates a map listing, this information
also appears there.
%IDENT "V5.3"
SUB PAY
.
.
.
If your source module contains multiple %IDENT directives,
BASIC signals a warning and uses the version specified in the
first %IDENT directive.