COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

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Creating and Compiling HP COBOL Source

Programs

HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006

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Running the Compiler

The preceding NMCOBOL command produces a loadfile only if the source file, XYZ,

contains a RUNNABLE directive. If it does not, the command that produces a loadfile

is:

23> NMCOBOL /IN XYZ/; RUNNABLE

The file XYZ must be an EDIT or entry-sequenced file.

24> COBOL85 /IN XYZ/

24> NMCOBOL /IN XYZ/; RUNNABLE

The preceding commands deliver the compiler listing to your terminal. To send the

compiler listing to spooler collector $SPX for printing instead, you must specify the

OUT parameter:

25> COBOL85 /IN XYZ, OUT $SPX/

25> NMCOBOL /IN XYZ, OUT $SPX/; RUNNABLE

The preceding commands send the compiler listing to the default location of spooler

collector $SPX. To specify another location, such as #LPPR, include the location in the

OUT parameter:

26> COBOL85 /IN XYZ, OUT $SPX.#LPPR/

26> NMCOBOL /IN XYZ, OUT $SPX.#LPPR/; RUNNABLE

If spooler collector $SPX recognizes location #LPPR, the compiler listing is queued for

printing. If you want to examine the compiler listing before printing it, specify a fictitious

location, such as #XYZLST:

27> COBOL85 /IN XYZ, OUT $SPX.#XYZLST/

27> NMCOBOL /IN XYZ, OUT $SPX.#XYZLST/; RUNNABLE

Using the PERUSE utility, list the last page of the compiler listing (the last page is a

compilation summary). If the summary reports errors, use an HP editor to fix the

source program and then recompile it (remember to delete the compiler listing from the

spooler collector). If the summary does not report errors, change its location to an

existing printer. You delete the compiler listing from the spooler collector or change its

location to an existing printer from within the PERUSE utility. For information about the

PERUSE utility, see Using PERUSE

and the Guardian User’s Guide.

If you want to compile a source program without producing a listing file, specify an

empty OUT file for the COBOL85 compiler:

28> COBOL85 /IN XYZ, OUT /

The preceding commands cause any listing lines that the compiler generates to be

discarded. The NMCOBOL compiler does not accept an empty OUT file.

Note. For easier ways to check a program for syntax errors, see Directives for Syntax

Checking Only.