The EXEC statement can pass various options to the binder using the PARM field. These options perform the following types of services:

• Assigning module attributes that describe the characteristics of the output program module
• Invoking special binder processing services (for example, exclusive call and automatic call)
• Defining the amount of storage to be used by the binder for processing and output program library buffers
• Specifying the kind of output the binder is to produce.

These options can be coded in any order in the PARM field, or can be listed in a data set and included using the OPTIONS keyword.