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NAME
cobc - manual page for cobc (GnuCOBOL) 2.2.0
SYNOPSIS
cobc [options]... file...
DESCRIPTION
GnuCOBOL compiler for most COBOL dialects with lots of extensions
OPTIONS
-h, -help
display this help and exit
-V, -version
display compiler version and exit
-i, -info
display compiler information (build/environment) and exit
-v, -verbose
display compiler version and the commands invoked by the compiler
-vv, -verbose=2
like -v but additional pass verbose option to assembler/compiler
-vvv, -verbose=3
like -vv but additional pass verbose option to linker
-q, -brief
reduced displays, commands invoked not shown
-### like -v but commands not executed
-x build an executable program
-m build a dynamically loadable module (default)
-j [<args>], -job[=<args>]
run program after build, passing <args>
-std=<dialect>
warnings/features for a specific dialect <dialect> can be one of: default, cobol2014, cobol2002,
cobol85, xopen, ibm-strict, ibm, mvs-strict, mvs, mf-strict, mf, bs2000-strict, bs2000,
acu-strict, acu, rm-strict, rm; see configuration files in directory config
-F, -free
use free source format
-fixed use fixed source format (default)
-O, -O2, -O3, -Os
enable optimization
-g enable C compiler debug / stack check / trace
-d, -debug
enable all run-time error checking
-o <file>
place the output into <file>
-b combine all input files into a single dynamically loadable module
-E preprocess only; do not compile or link
-C translation only; convert COBOL to C
-S compile only; output assembly file
-c compile and assemble, but do not link
-T <file>
generate and place a wide program listing into <file>
-t <file>
generate and place a program listing into <file>
--tlines=<lines>
specify lines per page in listing, default = 55
--tsymbols
specify symbols in listing
-P[=<dir or file>]
generate preprocessed program listing (.lst)
-Xref specify cross reference in listing
-I <directory>
add <directory> to copy/include search path
-L <directory>
add <directory> to library search path
-l <lib>
link the library <lib>
-A <options>
add <options> to the C compile phase
-Q <options>
add <options> to the C link phase
-D <define>
define <define> for COBOL compilation
-K <entry>
generate CALL to <entry> as static
-conf=<file>
user-defined dialect configuration; see -std
-list-reserved
display reserved words
-list-intrinsics
display intrinsic functions
-list-mnemonics
display mnemonic names
-list-system
display system routines
-save-temps[=<dir>]
save intermediate files - default: current directory
-ext <extension>
add file extension for resolving COPY
Warning options:
-W enable all warnings
-Wall enable most warnings (all except as noted below)
-Wno-<warning>
disable warning enabled by -W or -Wall
-Wno-unfinished
do not warn if unfinished features are used - ALWAYS active
-Wno-pending
do not warn if pending features are mentioned - ALWAYS active
-Wobsolete
warn if obsolete features are used
-Warchaic
warn if archaic features are used
-Wredefinition
warn incompatible redefinition of data items
-Wtruncate
warn field truncation from constant assignments
-Wpossible-truncate
warn possible field truncation - NOT set with -Wall
-Woverlap
warn overlapping MOVE items
-Wpossible-overlap
warn MOVE items that may overlap depending on variables - NOT set with -Wall
-Wparentheses
warn lack of parentheses around AND within OR
-Wstrict-typing
warn type mismatch strictly
-Wimplicit-define
warn implicitly defined data items
-Wcorresponding
warn CORRESPONDING with no matching items
-Winitial-value
warn if initial VALUE clause is ignored
-Wprototypes
warn missing FUNCTION prototypes/definitions
-Warithmetic-osvs
warn if arithmetic expression precision has changed
-Wcall-params
warn non 01/77 items for CALL params - NOT set with -Wall
-Wconstant-expression
warn expressions that always resolve to true/false
-Wcolumn-overflow
warn text after program-text area, FIXED format - NOT set with -Wall
-Wterminator
warn lack of scope terminator END-XXX - NOT set with -Wall
-Wlinkage
warn dangling LINKAGE items - NOT set with -Wall
-Wunreachable
warn likely unreachable statements - NOT set with -Wall
-Werror
treat all warnings as errors
-Werror=<warning>
treat specified <warning> as error
Compiler options:
-fsign=[ASCII|EBCDIC] define display sign representation
- default: machine native
-ffold-copy=[UPPER|LOWER]
fold COPY subject to value - default: no transformation
-ffold-call=[UPPER|LOWER]
fold PROGRAM-ID, CALL, CANCEL subject to value - default: no transformation
-fdefaultbyte=<value> initialize fields without VALUE to value
- decimal 0..255 or any quoted character - default: initialize to picture
-fmax-errors=<number> maximum number of errors to report
- default: 100
-fintrinsics=[ALL|intrinsic function name(,name,...)]
intrinsics to be used without FUNCTION keyword
-fno-recursive_check
disable check of recursive program call; effectively compiling as RECURSIVE program
-ftrace
generate trace code - executed SECTION/PARAGRAPH
-ftraceall
generate trace code - executed SECTION/PARAGRAPH/STATEMENTS - turned on by -debug
-fsyntax-only
syntax error checking only; don't emit any output
-fdebugging-line
enable debugging lines - 'D' in indicator column or floating >>D
-fsource-location
generate source location code - turned on by -debug/-g/-ftraceall
-fimplicit-init
automatic initialization of the COBOL runtime system
-fstack-check
PERFORM stack checking - turned on by -debug or -g
-fwrite-after
use AFTER 1 for WRITE of LINE SEQUENTIAL - default: BEFORE 1
-fmfcomment
'*' or '/' in column 1 treated as comment - FIXED format only
-facucomment
'$' in indicator area treated as '*', '|' treated as floating comment
-fnotrunc
allow numeric field overflow - non-ANSI behaviour
-fodoslide
adjust items following OCCURS DEPENDING - requires implicit/explicit relaxed syntax
-fsingle-quote
use a single quote (apostrophe) for QUOTE - default: double quote
-foptional-file
treat all files as OPTIONAL - unless NOT OPTIONAL specified
Compiler dialect configuration options:
-freserved-words=<value>
use of complete/fixed reserved words
-ftab-width=1..12
set number of spaces that are asumed for tabs
-ftext-column=72..255
set right margin for source (fixed format only)
-fpic-length=<number>
maximum number of characters allowed in the character-string
-fword-length=1..61
maximum word-length for COBOL words / Programmer defined words
-fliteral-length=<number>
maximum literal size in general
-fnumeric-literal-length=1..38
maximum numeric literal size
-fassign-clause=<value>
set way of interpreting ASSIGN
-fbinary-size=<value>
binary byte size - defines the allocated bytes according to PIC
-fbinary-byteorder=<value>
binary byte order
-ffilename-mapping
resolve file names at run time using environment variables.
-fpretty-display
alternate formatting of numeric fields
-fbinary-truncate
numeric truncation according to ANSI
-fcomplex-odo
allow complex OCCURS DEPENDING ON
-findirect-redefines
allow REDEFINES to other than last equal level number
-flarger-redefines-ok
allow larger REDEFINES items
-frelax-syntax-checks
allow certain syntax variations (e.g. REDEFINES position)
-frelax-level-hierarchy
allow non-matching level numbers
-fsticky-linkage
LINKAGE-SECTION items remain allocated between invocations
-fmove-ibm
MOVE operates as on IBM (left to right, byte by byte)
-fperform-osvs
exit point of any currently executing perform is recognized if reached
-farithmetic-osvs
limit precision in intermediate results to precision of final result (less accurate)
-fconstant-folding
evaluate constant expressions at compile time
-fhostsign
allow hexadecimal value 'F' for NUMERIC test of signed PACKED DECIMAL field
-fprogram-name-redefinition
program names don't lead to a reserved identifier
-faccept-update
set WITH UPDATE clause as default for ACCEPT dest-item, instead of WITH NO UPDATE
-faccept-auto
set WITH AUTO clause as default for ACCEPT dest-item, instead of WITH TAB
-fconsole-is-crt
assume CONSOLE IS CRT if not set otherwise
-fno-echo-means-secure
NO-ECHO hides input with asterisks like SECURE
-fcomment-paragraphs=<support>
comment paragraphs in IDENTIFICATION DIVISION (AUTHOR, DATE-WRITTEN, ...)
-fmemory-size-clause=<support>
MEMORY-SIZE clause
-fmultiple-file-tape-clause=<support> MULTIPLE-FILE-TAPE clause
-flabel-records-clause=<support>
LABEL-RECORDS clause
-fvalue-of-clause=<support>
VALUE-OF clause
-fdata-records-clause=<support>
DATA-RECORDS clause
-ftop-level-occurs-clause=<support>
OCCURS clause on top-level
-fsynchronized-clause=<support>
SYNCHRONIZED clause
-fgoto-statement-without-name=<support>
GOTO statement without name
-fstop-literal-statement=<support>
STOP-literal statement
-fstop-identifier-statement=<support> STOP-identifier statement
-fdebugging-mode=<support>
DEBUGGING MODE and debugging indicator
-fuse-for-debugging=<support> USE FOR DEBUGGING
-fpadding-character-clause=<support>
PADDING CHARACTER clause
-fnext-sentence-phrase=<support>
NEXT SENTENCE phrase
-flisting-statements=<support>
listing-directive statements EJECT, SKIP1, SKIP2, SKIP3
-ftitle-statement=<support>
listing-directive statement TITLE
-fentry-statement=<support>
ENTRY statement
-fmove-noninteger-to-alphanumeric=<support>
move noninteger to alphanumeric
-fmove-figurative-constant-to-numeric=<support>
move figurative constants to numeric
-fmove-figurative-quote-to-numeric=<support>
move figurative constant QUOTE to numeric
-fodo-without-to=<support>
OCCURS DEPENDING ON without to
-fsection-segments=<support>
section segments
-falter-statement=<support>
ALTER statement
-fcall-overflow=<support>
OVERFLOW clause for CALL
-fnumeric-boolean=<support>
boolean literals (B'1010')
-fhexadecimal-boolean=<support>
hexadecimal-boolean literals (BX'A')
-fnational-literals=<support> national literals (N'UTF-16 string')
-fhexadecimal-national-literals=<support>
hexadecimal-national literals (NX'265E')
-facu-literals=<support>
ACUCOBOL-GT literals (#B #O #H #X)
-fword-continuation=<support> continuation of COBOL words
-fnot-exception-before-exception=<support>
NOT ON EXCEPTION before ON EXCEPTION
-faccept-display-extensions=<support> extensions to ACCEPT and DISPLAY
-frenames-uncommon-levels=<support>
RENAMES of 01-, 66- and 77-level items
-fconstant-78=<support>
constant with level 78 item (note: has left to right precedence in expressions)
-fconstant-01=<support>
constant with level 01 CONSTANT AS/FROM item
-fprogram-prototypes=<support>
CALL/CANCEL with program-prototype-name
-freference-out-of-declaratives=<support>
references to sections not in DECLARATIVES from within DECLARATIVES
-fnumeric-value-for-edited-item=<support>
numeric literals in VALUE clause of numeric-edited items
-fincorrect-conf-sec-order=<support>
incorrect order of CONFIGURATION SECTION paragraphs
-fdefine-constant-directive=<support> allow >> DEFINE CONSTANT var AS literal
where <support> is one of the following: 'ok', 'warning', 'archaic', 'obsolete', 'skip', 'ignore',
'error', 'unconformable'
-fnot-reserved=<word>
word to be taken out of the reserved words list
-freserved=<word>
word to be added to reserved words list
-freserved=<word>:<alias>
word to be added to reserved words list as alias
AUTHOR
Written by Keisuke Nishida, Roger While, Ron Norman, Simon Sobisch, Edward Hart Built Jul 17 2018
20:29:40 Packaged Sep 06 2017 18:48:43 UTC C version "8.1.0"
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-gnucobol@gnu.org or (preferably) use the issue tracker via the home page.
GnuCOBOL home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnucobol/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for cobc is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and cobc programs are
properly installed at your site, the command
info gnucobol
should give you access to the complete manual.
cobc (GnuCOBOL) 2.2.0 July 2018 COBC(1)