HP COBOL II/XL Quick Reference Guide (31500-90015)

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Syntax
$COMMENT [ comment-text ]
Parameters
comment-text a string containing anything you want to enter.
comment-text requires no delimiters. It ends at the end of
the line where the $COMMENT command is issued unless a
continuation character is used. Use of COBOL comments,
"*", is preferred.
$CONTROL
The $CONTROL command controls compilation and list options.
Syntax
$CONTROL option [ , optionlist ]
Parameters
optionlist one or more valid options, each separated from the
preceding option by a comma and zero or more optional
spaces.
option a valid option for the $CONTROL command.
These are the $CONTROL options:
ANSISORT
ANSISUB
BOUNDS
CALLINTRINSIC (1)
CHECKSYNTAX
CMCALL (1)
CODE
NOCODE
CROSSREF
NOCROSSREF
DEBUG
DIFF74
DIFF74=0BS
DIFF74=INC
DYNAMIC
ERRORS= number
INDEX16 (1)
INDEX32 (1)
LINES= number
LIST
NOLIST
LOCKING
LOCOFF
LOCON
MAP
NOMAP[REV BEG]
NLS= options (1) [REV END]
MIXED
NOMIXED
OPTFEATURES= options (1)
OPTIMIZE[= number ] (1) [REV BEG]
POST85 (1) [REV END]
QUOTE=
RLFILE (1)
RLINIT (1)
SOURCE
NOSOURCE