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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SOURCE

SOURCE causes the compiler to begin accepting source text from a different EDIT file.

The compiler can read either the entire file or one or more sections of the file

(demarcated by SECTION directives). You can also use the predefined SEARCH

DEFINEs to specify one or more subvolumes to be searched for unqualified files (see

Predefined SEARCH DEFINEs).

edit-file-name

is a file-system file name that identifies an accessible EDIT file. If any of the

system, volume, or subvolume components are omitted, the compiler supplies the

missing ones from its process defaults. edit-file-name can be the name of a

DEFINE of the class MAP.

section-name-list

section-name-list can be continued onto subsequent lines, provided that the

edit-file-name and the left parenthesis appear on the same directive line as

the keyword SOURCE. Each continuation line for a SOURCE directive must have

a question-mark (?) in the indicator area. If a SOURCE directive spans multiple

lines, they must be consecutive (no blank lines, comment lines, or program text

lines can intervene).

The default for section-name-list is the entire file.

section-name

is the name of a section in an EDIT file (a text-name in the directive

SECTION).

Default: None

Placement: Must be the last directive on its line.

Dependencies: None

SOURCE edit-file-name

( )

section-name-list

VST312.vsd

section-name

VST313.vsd