(Type: value, Default: FALSE)

<$.FLAG option>

── $.FLAG ──<version number>── . ──<cycle number>──────────────────────┤

When the source file contains patch marks in the form of version and cycle numbers, the $.FLAG option can be used in the COMPARE listing to call attention to neighboring or deleted lines that have marks greater than or equal to the specified values. Source lines whose marks begin vv.ccc or vvccc (where v and c are digits) are flagged if vv is greater than or equal to the version number and ccc is greater than or equal to the cycle number. If no cycle number is provided, the cycle number defaults to 0 (zero). The flag appears as an asterisk (*) preceding the mark field.

SET or RESET context is ignored for $.FLAG. If more than one $.FLAG value is provided, the last value specified is used throughout the COMPARE phase. $.FLAG is ignored if $.COMPARE is FALSE and is not fully effective if $.BRIEF is TRUE.

Example

The following $.FLAG option causes all source lines whose version number is greater than or equal to 33 and whose cycle number is greater than or equal to 320 to be flagged with an asterisk (*) preceding the mark field:

 $.FLAG 33.320