COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.03+)

About This Manual
HP COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs—520347-003
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Notation Conventions
Notation Conventions
This manual uses these conventions throughout:
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“Compiler” means the ECOBOL compiler unless otherwise stated
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“Linker” means the eld utility unless otherwise stated
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COBOL Name Conventions
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Hypertext Links
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Syntax Diagram Conventions
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Range Convention
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Example Conventions
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Change Bar Notation
COBOL Name Conventions
This manual uses these COBOL names, and this is what they mean:
Hypertext Links
Blue underline is used to indicate a hypertext link within text. By clicking a passage of
text with a blue underline, you are taken to the location described. For example:
This requirement is described under Backup DAM Volumes and Physical Disk
Drives on page 3-2.
Syntax Diagram Conventions
This manual presents syntax in railroad diagrams. Here is a generic railroad diagram:
Name Meaning
COBOL The implementation of the 1985 ISO/ANSI Standard COBOL language
HP COBOL HP COBOL for NonStop systems, the HP implementation of COBOL with HP
extensions
ECOBOL The HP compiler for the HP COBOL language that produces native TNS/E
objects
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