Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

User Commands (c) cobol(1)
NAME
cobol - Compiles COBOL85 TNS programs
SYNOPSIS
cobol [-c ][-g ][-L directory ] ... [-O[optlevel ]]
[-o outfile ][-s ]
[-Waxcel[="args" ]]
[-WBdynamic ]
[-WBstatic ]
[-Wbind[="args" ]]
[-Wcobol="args" ]
[-Wcopylib=pathname ]
[-Wnobind ]
[-Wrunlib=pathname ]
[-Wsql[="args" ]]
[-Wverbose ]
operand ...
FLAGS
-c Performs compilation of the specified source files but supresses the binding
phase. This flag does not delete any object files that are produced.
-g Produces symbols information for symbolic debugging in the object or exe-
cutable files. This is equivalent to specifying the SYMBOLS and INSPECT
directives to the COBOL85 compiler.
-L directory
Changes the algorithm for searching the libraries named in the -l arguments
to look in the directory named by the directory pathname before looking in
the default directories /lib, /nonnative/usr/lib, /usr/lib, and /usr/local/lib.
Directories named in -L options are searched in the order specified. At least
ten instances of this option are supported in a single cobol command line. If
a directory specified by -L contains files named libc.a, libm.a, libl.a, or
liby.a, these files are used as libraries instead of the libraries in the default
directories.
-o outfile Uses the pathname outfile instead of the default pathname a.out for the exe-
cutable file produced. If -o is used with the -c flag, outfile is used to name the
object file instead of the standard naming convention.
-O [optlevel]
Specifies the optimization level to be used for the program file. A 0 optlevel
argument specifies an OPTIMIZE 0 COBOL85 compiler directive. A 1
optlevel argument specifies an OPTIMIZE 1 COBOL85 compiler directive.
A 2 optlevel argument or no argument specifies an OPTIMIZE 2 COBOL85
compiler directive and processes the program file with the Accelerator,
axcel.Ifa-O flag is not specified, an OPTIMIZE 1 COBOL85 compiler
directive is specified.
-s Strips symbolic and other information not required for proper execution from
object and executable files. If both the -g and -s flags are used, symbolic
information is kept in the object files but is stripped from the executable file.
Do not specify the -s and
-Wsql flags in the same cobol invocation because the NonStop SQL/MP
compiler requires the symbols region to be present. Strip the file in a
separate cobol invocation after the SQL compilation.
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