MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual (32650-90877)

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Command List II
Commands CALC thru COPY
You cannot backreference the formal file designators used in this command (COBTEXT,
COBOBJ, COBLIST, COBMAST, COBNEW, COBWKSP, and COBXDB) as actual file designators in the
command parameter list. For further information, refer to the "Implicit FILE Commands
for Subsystems" discussion of the FILE command.
NOTE This command is implemented as a command file. If you set the HPPATH
variable to null (SETVAR HPPATH ""), the command file is not executed, and
the command fails.
Use
This command may be issued from a session, job, or program but not in BREAK. Pressing
Break suspends the execution of this command. Entering the RESUME command continues
the execution.
Examples
To compile and link an HP COBOL II/iX program entered from your standard input device,
with the listing printed on the standard list device, enter:
COB85XLK
To compile and link an HP COBOL II/iX source program input from the text file SFILE into
a program file named MYPROG, with the listing sent to the current list device, enter:
COB85XLK SFILE,MYPROG
Related Information
Commands COB85XL, COB85XLG, LINK, RUN, XEQ, LINKEDIT Utility
Manuals HP COBOL II/XL Reference Manual
HP COBOL II/XL Programmer's Guide
COBOLII
Compiles a compatibility mode COBOLII program on the COBOL 74 compiler. COBOLII is
not part of the HP 3000 Series 900 Computer System Fundamental Operating Software
and must be purchased separately. The native mode equivalent of this command is
COB74XL.
For information on the 85 entry point, refer to the HP COBOL II/XL Reference Manual
(31500-90001)
Syntax
COBOLII[ textfile ]
[ ,[ uslfile ] [ ,[ listfile ] [ ,[ masterfile ] [ , newfile ] ] ] ]
[ ;INFO= quotedstring ] [ ;WKSP= workspacename ]
Parameters
textfile Actual file designator of the input file from which the source program is