COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Program Compilation

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

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NONSTOP

NONSTOP causes the compiler to accept the STARTBACKUP verb. The

STARTBACKUP and CHECKPOINT verbs enable you to run a program as a process

pair.

When a program is compiled without this directive, a PARAM NONSTOP command is

not enough to make the program run as a process pair.

If NONSTOP is absent, the compiler reports an error if it finds a STARTBACKUP verb.

Note.

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Do not use this directive in the OSS environment.

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Before RVU D46.00 and G06.00, software product revision T8107AAT (run-time library

T8108AAR), the NMCOBOL compiler ignores this directive and issues a warning.

Default: The program cannot run as a process pair (even if it contains a PARAM

NONSTOP ON command).

Placement: Must appear before the Identification Division of the first program unit in

the source text.

Scope: Applies to the program unit

Dependencies: PARAM NONSTOP OFF command overrides NONSTOP.

References: PARAM Command

Note. Section 32, Fault-Tolerant Processes, explains how to use the HP fault-tolerant facility. It

is your responsibility to design the program to make use of the CHECKPOINT and

STARTBACKUP statements to operate in a fault-tolerant manner. The presence of the

NONSTOP directive and CHECKPOINT and STARTBACKUP statements do not guarantee

fault tolerance.

NONSTOP

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