cDEC$ ALIAS Specifies an alternate external name to be used when referring to external subprograms. It takes the following form: cDEC$ ALIAS internal-name, external name c Is one of the following: C (or c), !, or *. internal-name Is the name of the subprogram as used in the current program unit. external name Is a name, or a character constant delimited by quotation marks or apostrophes. If a name is specified, the name (in uppercase) is used as the external name for the specified "internal-name". If a character constant is specified, it is used as is; the string is not changed to uppercase nor are blanks removed. The ALIAS directive affects only the external name used for references to the specified "internal-name". Names that are not acceptable to the linker will cause link-time errors. This directive can be useful when compiling applications written for other platforms that have different naming conventions.