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6 cobc - manual page for cobc 3.2.0
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9 cobc [options]... file...
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12 GnuCOBOL compiler for most COBOL dialects with lots of extensions
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15 -h, --help
16 display this help and exit
17 -V, --version
19 display compiler version information and exit
20 -dumpversion
22 display compiler version and exit
23 -i, --info
25 display compiler information (build/environment) and exit
26 -v, --verbose
28 verbose mode, display additional information; multiple -v op‐
29 tions increase the verbosity, the maximum is 3 as follows: (1)
30 display compiler version and the commands invoked by the com‐
31 piler, (2) pass verbose option to assembler/compiler (3) pass
32 verbose option to linker
33 -q, --brief
35 reduced displays, commands invoked not shown
36 -### like -v but commands not executed
38 -x build an executable program
40 -m build a dynamically loadable module (default)
42 -j [<args>], --job[=<args>]
44 run program after build, passing <args>
45 -std=<dialect>
47 warnings/features for a specific dialect <dialect> can be one
48 of: default, cobol2014, cobol2002, cobol85, xopen, ibm-strict,
49 ibm, mvs-strict, mvs, mf-strict, mf, bs2000-strict, bs2000,
50 acu-strict, acu, rm-strict, rm, gcos-strict, gcos; see configu‐
51 ration files in directory config
52 -F, --free
54 use free source format (alias for -fformat=free)
55 --fixed
57 use fixed source format (default; alias for -fformat=fixed)
58 -O, -O2, -O3, -Os
60 enable optimization
61 -O0 disable optimization
63 -g enable C compiler debug and stack check
65 -d, --debug
67 enable all run-time error checking, equal to -fstack-check
68 -fec=EC-ALL
69 -fec=<exception-name> enable code generation for <exception-name>,
71 see --list-exceptions for the possible values, sets -fsource-lo‐
72 cation
73 -fno-ec=<exception-name>
75 disable code generation for <exception-name>
76 -o <file>
78 place the output into <file>
79 -b combine all input files into a single dynamically loadable mod‐
81 ule
82 -E preprocess only; do not compile or link
84 -C translation only; convert COBOL to C
86 -S compile only; output assembly file
88 -c compile and assemble, but do not link
90 -T <file>
92 generate and place a wide program listing into <file>
93 -t <file>
95 generate and place a program listing into <file>
96 --tlines=<lines>
98 specify lines per page in listing, default = 55
99 -P[=<dir or file>]
101 generate preprocessed program listing (.lst)
102 -X, --Xref
104 specify cross reference in listing
105 -I <directory>
107 add <directory> to copy/include search path
108 -L <directory>
110 add <directory> to library search path
111 -l <lib>
113 link the library <lib>
114 -K <entry>
116 generate CALL to <entry> as static
117 -D <define>
119 define <define> for COBOL compilation
120 -A <options>
122 add <options> to the C compile phase
123 -Q <options>
125 add <options> to the C link phase
126 --coverage
128 instrument generated binaries for coverage
129 --conf=<file>
131 user-defined dialect configuration; see -std
132 --list-reserved
134 display reserved words
135 --list-intrinsics
137 display intrinsic functions
138 --list-mnemonics
140 display mnemonic names
141 --list-exceptions
143 display exception names
144 --list-system
146 display system routines
147 --save-temps[=<dir>]
149 save intermediate files * default: current directory
150 -MT <target>
152 set/add target file used in dependency list
153 -MF <file>
155 place dependency list into <file>
156 -ext <extension>
158 add file extension for resolving COPY
159 Warning options:
161 -Wall enable most warnings (all except as noted below)
162 -Wextra
164 like -Wall but enable some extra warning flags
165 -w disable all warnings
167 -Wno-<warning>
169 disable warning enabled by default, -Wall or -Wextra
170 -Wadditional
172 additional warnings only raised with -Wall
173 -Wno-unfinished
175 do not warn if unfinished features are used * ALWAYS active
176 -Wno-pending
178 do not warn if pending features are used * ALWAYS active
179 -Wno-repository-checks
181 do not warn/check for program/function/external signature mis‐
182 match * ALWAYS active
183 -Wno-ignored-error
185 do not warn about errors in code parts which are unreachable and
186 so normally ignored * ALWAYS active
187 -Wobsolete
189 warn if obsolete features are used
190 -Warchaic
192 warn if archaic features are used
193 -Wredefinition
195 warn about non-referenced ambiguous data items
196 -Wtruncate
198 warn about field truncation from constant assignments
199 -Wpossible-truncate
201 warn about possible field truncation * NOT set with -Wall
202 -Woverlap
204 warn about overlapping MOVE of items
205 -Wpossible-overlap
207 warn about MOVE of items that may overlap depending on variables
208 * NOT set with -Wall
209 -Wparentheses
211 warn if parentheses are omitted around AND within OR
212 -Wstrict-typing
214 warn strictly about type mismatch, even when same size * NOT set
215 with -Wall
216 -Wtyping
218 warn about type mismatch
219 -Wimplicit-define
221 warn whenever data items are implicitly defined * NOT set with
222 -Wall
223 -Wno-corresponding
225 do not warn about CORRESPONDING with no matching items * ALWAYS
226 active
227 -Winitial-value
229 warn if initial VALUE clause is ignored
230 -Wprototypes
232 warn about missing FUNCTION prototypes/definitions
233 -Warithmetic-osvs
235 warn if arithmetic expression precision has changed
236 -Wcall-params
238 warn about non 01/77 items for CALL parameters * NOT set with
239 -Wall
240 -Wconstant-expression
242 warn about expressions that always resolve to true/false
243 -Wconstant-numlit-expression
245 warn about numeric expressions that always resolve to true/false
246 -Wlarger-01-redefines
248 warn about larger redefines allowed by COBOL standards
249 -Wcolumn-overflow
251 warn about text after program-text area, FIXED format * NOT set
252 with -Wall
253 -Wterminator
255 warn about lack of scope terminator END-XXX * NOT set with -Wall
256 -Wlinkage
258 warn about dangling LINKAGE items * NOT set with -Wall
259 -Wunreachable
261 warn about likely unreachable statements * NOT set with -Wall
262 -Wno-dialect
264 do not warn about dialect specific issues * ALWAYS active
265 -Wno-goto-section
267 do not warn about GO TO section-name * ALWAYS active
268 -Wgoto-different-section
270 warn about GO TO a praragraph defined in a different section
271 -Wsuspicious-perform-thru
273 warn if PERFORM THRU references procedures not in ascending or‐
274 der or multiple sections * ALWAYS active
275 -Wdangling-text
277 warn about source text after program-area * NOT set with -Wall
278 -Wno-missing-newline
280 do not warn about missing newlines * ALWAYS active
281 -Wno-others
283 do not warn about different issues * ALWAYS active
284 -Wno-unsupported
286 do not warn if runtime does not support a feature used
287 -fdiagnostics-plain-output
289 make diagnostic output as plain as possible
290 -Werror
292 treat all warnings as errors
293 -Wno-error
295 don't treat warnings as errors
296 -Werror=<warning>
298 treat specified <warning> as error
299 -Wno-error=<warning>
301 don't treat specified <warning> as error
302 Compiler options:
304 -fsign=[ASCII|EBCDIC] define display sign representation
305 * default: machine native
306 -ffold-copy=[UPPER|LOWER]
308 fold COPY subject to value * default: no transformation
309 -ffold-call=[UPPER|LOWER]
311 fold PROGRAM-ID, CALL, CANCEL subject to value * default: no
312 transformation
313 -fmax-errors=<number> maximum number of errors to report before
315 compilation is aborted * default: 128
316 -fintrinsics=[ALL|intrinsic function name(,name,...)]
318 intrinsics to be used without FUNCTION keyword
319 -fdump=<scope>
321 dump data fields on abort, <scope> may be a combination of: ALL,
322 WS, LS, RD, FD, SC, LO
323 -fcallfh=<name>
325 specifies <name> to be used for I/O as external provided EXTFH
326 interface module
327 -febcdic-table=<cconv-table>/<file>
329 EBCDIC/ASCII translation table * e.g. default,
330 ebcdic500_latin1...
331 -fdefault-colseq=[ASCII|EBCDIC|NATIVE]
333 define default collating sequence * default: NATIVE
334 -fstack-extended
336 store origin of entrypoints and PERFORM * turned on by --de‐
337 bug/-fdump
338 -fno-remove-unreachable
340 disable remove of unreachable code * turned off by -g
341 -ftrace
343 generate trace code * scope: executed SECTION/PARAGRAPH
344 -ftraceall
346 generate trace code * scope: executed SECTION/PARAGRAPH/STATE‐
347 MENTS
348 -fsyntax-only
350 syntax error checking only; don't emit any output
351 -fdebugging-line
353 enable debugging lines * 'D' in indicator column or floating >>D
354 -fsource-location
356 generate source location code * turned on by --de‐
357 bug/-ftraceall/-fec/-fdump
358 -fimplicit-init
360 automatic initialization of the COBOL runtime system
361 -fno-recursive-check
363 disable check of recursive program call; effectively compiling
364 as RECURSIVE program
365 -fstack-check
367 PERFORM stack checking * turned on by --debug/-g
368 -fmemory-check=<scope>
370 checks for invalid writes to internal storage, <scope> may be
371 one of: all, pointer, using, none * default: none, set to all by
372 --debug
373 -fsection-exit-check
375 check that code execution does not leave the scope of SECTIONs
376 -fimplicit-goback-check
378 check that code execution does not end implicit at end of PROCE‐
379 DURE DIVISION
380 -fwrite-after
382 use AFTER 1 for WRITE of LINE SEQUENTIAL * default: BEFORE 1
383 -fmfcomment
385 '*' in column 1 treated as comment with listing suppression *
386 FIXED/COBOL85/VARIABLE format only
387 -facucomment
389 '$' in indicator area treated as '*', '|' treated as floating
390 comment
391 -fno-trunc
393 allow numeric field overflow * non-ANSI behaviour
394 -fsingle-quote
396 use a single quote (apostrophe) for QUOTE * default: double
397 quote
398 -foptional-file
400 treat all files as OPTIONAL * unless NOT OPTIONAL specified
401 -fstatic-call
403 output static function calls for the CALL statement
404 -fno-gen-c-decl-static-call
406 disable generation of C function declarations for subroutines
407 with static CALL
408 -fgen-c-line-directives
410 generate source location directives in C code; * turned on by
411 -g/--coverage
412 -fgen-c-labels
414 generate extra labels in C sources; * turned on by -g
415 -fno-theaders
417 suppress all headers from listing while keeping page breaks
418 -fno-tsource
420 suppress source from listing
421 -fno-tmessages
423 suppress warning and error summary from listing
424 -ftsymbols
426 specify symbols in listing
427 -ftcmd specify command line in listing
429 -fno-ttimestamp
431 suppress timestamp in listing headers
432 -fttitle=<title>
434 set listing title with '_' replaced by spaces; defaults to pack‐
435 age name and version
436 -fno-diagnostics-show-option
438 suppress output of option that directly controls the diagnostic
439 -fno-diagnostics-show-caret
441 do not display source context on warning/error diagnostic
442 -fno-diagnostics-show-line-numbers
444 suppress display of line numbers in diagnostics
445 Compiler dialect configuration options:
447 -freserved-words=<value>
448 use of complete/fixed reserved words
449 -ftab-width=1..12
451 number of spaces that are assumed for tabs
452 -ftext-column=72..255
454 right margin column number for fixed-form reference-format
455 -fpic-length=<number>
457 maximum number of characters allowed in the PICTURE charac‐
458 ter-string
459 -fword-length=1..63
461 maximum word-length for COBOL (= programmer defined) words
462 -fliteral-length=<number>
464 maximum literal size in general
465 -fnumeric-literal-length=1..38
467 maximum numeric literal size
468 -fdefaultbyte=<value>
470 default initialization for fields without VALUE, may be one of *
471 character in quotes * decimal 0..255 representing a character *
472 "init" to initialize to PICTURE/USAGE * "none" to do no explicit
473 initialization * default: "init"
474 -fformat=<value>
476 default reference-format, may be one of: FIXED, FREE, COBOL85,
477 VARIABLE, XOPEN, XCARD, CRT, TERMINAL, COBOLX
478 -fbinary-size=<value>
480 binary byte size - defines the allocated bytes according to PIC,
481 may be one of: 2-4-8, 1-2-4-8, 1--8
482 -fbinary-byteorder=<value>
484 binary byte order, may be one of: native, big-endian
485 -fassign-clause=<value>
487 how to interpret 'ASSIGN word': as 'ASSIGN EXTERNAL word' or
488 'ASSIGN DYNAMIC word', may be one of: dynamic, external, ibm (=
489 external), mf (= dynamic)
490 -fscreen-section-rules=<value>
492 which compiler's rules to apply to SCREEN SECTION item clauses,
493 may be one of: acu, gc, mf, rm, std, xopen
494 -fdpc-in-data=<value>
496 whether DECIMAL-POINT IS COMMA has effect in XML/JSON GENERATE,
497 may be one of: none, xml, json, all
498 -fsubscript-check=<value>
500 checking for subscript (only done with EC-BOUND-SUBSCRIPT ac‐
501 tive), may be one of: full, max, record
502 -ffilename-mapping
504 resolve file names at run time using environment variables
505 -fpretty-display
507 alternate formatting of numeric fields
508 -fbinary-truncate
510 numeric truncation according to ANSI
511 -fcomplex-odo
513 allow non-standard OCCURS DEPENDING ON syntax
514 -fodoslide
516 adjust items following OCCURS DEPENDING (implies complex-odo)
517 -finit-justify
519 applies JUSTIFY with VALUE clause
520 -findirect-redefines
522 allow REDEFINES to other than last equal level number
523 -frelax-syntax-checks
525 allow certain syntax variations (e.g. REDEFINES position)
526 -fref-mod-zero-length
528 allow zero length reference-modification (only changed with
529 EC-BOUND-REF-MOD active)
530 -frelax-level-hierarchy
532 allow non-matching level numbers
533 -fselect-working
535 require ASSIGN USING items to be in WORKING-STORAGE
536 -flocal-implies-recursive
538 LOCAL-STORAGE SECTION implies RECURSIVE attribute
539 -fsticky-linkage
541 LINKAGE SECTION items remain allocated between invocations
542 -fmove-ibm
544 MOVE operates as on IBM (left to right, byte by byte)
545 -fperform-osvs
547 exit point of any currently executing perform is recognized if
548 reached
549 -farithmetic-osvs
551 limit precision in intermediate results to precision of final
552 result (less accurate)
553 -fconstant-folding
555 evaluate constant expressions at compile time
556 -fhostsign
558 allow hexadecimal value 'F' for NUMERIC test of signed PACKED
559 DECIMAL field
560 -fprogram-name-redefinition
562 program names don't lead to a reserved identifier
563 -faccept-update
565 set WITH UPDATE clause as default for ACCEPT dest-item, instead
566 of WITH NO UPDATE
567 -faccept-auto
569 set WITH AUTO clause as default for ACCEPT dest-item, instead of
570 WITH TAB
571 -fconsole-is-crt
573 assume CONSOLE IS CRT if not set otherwise
574 -fno-echo-means-secure
576 NO-ECHO hides input with asterisks like SECURE
577 -fline-col-zero-default
579 assume a field DISPLAY starts at LINE 0 COL 0 (i.e. at the cur‐
580 sor), not LINE 1 COL 1
581 -fdisplay-special-fig-consts
583 special behaviour of DISPLAY SPACE/ALL X'01'/ALL X'02'/ALL X'07'
584 -fbinary-comp-1
586 COMP-1 is a 16-bit signed integer
587 -fnumeric-pointer
589 POINTER is a 64-bit unsigned integer
590 -fmove-non-numeric-lit-to-numeric-is-zero
592 imply zero in move of non-numeric literal to numeric items
593 -fimplicit-assign-dynamic-var implicitly define a variable if an ASSIGN
595 DYNAMIC does not match any data item
596 -fdevice-mnemonics
598 specifying device by mnemonic
599 -fxml-parse-xmlss
601 XML PARSE XMLSS
602 -fareacheck
604 check contents of Area A (when reference format supports Area A
605 enforcement), enabled checks include: * division, section, para‐
606 graph names, level indicators (FD, SD, RD, and CD),
607 and toplevel numbers (01 and 77) must start in Area A;
609 * statements must not start in Area A; and * separator periods
610 must not be within Area A
611 -fcomment-paragraphs=<support>
613 comment paragraphs in IDENTIFICATION DIVISION (AUTHOR,
614 DATE-WRITTEN, ...)
615 -fcontrol-division=<support>
617 CONTROL DIVISION
618 -fpartial-replace-when-literal-src=<support>
620 apply partial replacing with literal source operand even when it
621 replaces with spaces only; * "skip" prevents such replacements
622 -fmemory-size-clause=<support>
624 MEMORY-SIZE clause
625 -fmultiple-file-tape-clause=<support> MULTIPLE-FILE-TAPE clause
627 -flabel-records-clause=<support>
629 LABEL-RECORDS clause
630 -fvalue-of-clause=<support>
632 VALUE-OF clause
633 -fdata-records-clause=<support>
635 DATA-RECORDS clause
636 -ftop-level-occurs-clause=<support>
638 OCCURS clause on top-level
639 -fsame-as-clause=<support>
641 SAME AS clause
642 -ftype-to-clause=<support>
644 TYPE TO clause
645 -fusage-type=<support>
647 USAGE type-name
648 -fsynchronized-clause=<support>
650 SYNCHRONIZED clause
651 -fsync-left-right=<support>
653 LEFT/RIGHT phrases in SYNCHRONIZED clause
654 -fspecial-names-clause=<support>
656 SPECIAL-NAMES clause
657 -fgoto-statement-without-name=<support>
659 GO TO statement without name
660 -fstop-literal-statement=<support>
662 STOP-literal statement
663 -fstop-identifier-statement=<support> STOP-identifier statement
665 -fstop-error-statement=<support>
667 STOP ERROR statement
668 -fdebugging-mode=<support>
670 DEBUGGING MODE and debugging indicator
671 -fuse-for-debugging=<support> USE FOR DEBUGGING
673 -fpadding-character-clause=<support>
675 PADDING CHARACTER clause
676 -fnext-sentence-phrase=<support>
678 NEXT SENTENCE phrase
679 -flisting-statements=<support>
681 listing-directive statements EJECT, SKIP1, SKIP2, SKIP3
682 -ftitle-statement=<support>
684 listing-directive statement TITLE
685 -fentry-statement=<support>
687 ENTRY statement
688 -fmove-noninteger-to-alphanumeric=<support>
690 move noninteger to alphanumeric
691 -fmove-figurative-constant-to-numeric=<support>
693 move figurative constants to numeric
694 -fmove-figurative-space-to-numeric=<support>
696 move figurative constant SPACE to numeric
697 -fmove-figurative-quote-to-numeric=<support>
699 move figurative constant QUOTE to numeric
700 -fodo-without-to=<support>
702 OCCURS DEPENDING ON without to
703 -fsection-segments=<support>
705 section segments
706 -falter-statement=<support>
708 ALTER statement
709 -fcall-overflow=<support>
711 OVERFLOW clause for CALL
712 -fnumeric-boolean=<support>
714 boolean literals (B'1010')
715 -fhexadecimal-boolean=<support>
717 hexadecimal-boolean literals (BX'A')
718 -fnational-literals=<support> national literals (N'UTF-16 string')
720 -fhexadecimal-national-literals=<support>
722 hexadecimal-national literals (NX'265E')
723 -fnational-character-literals=<support>
725 non-standard national literals (NC'UTF-16 string')
726 -fhp-octal-literals=<support> HP COBOL octal literals (%377)
728 -facu-literals=<support>
730 ACUCOBOL-GT literals (#B #O #H #X)
731 -febcdic-symbolic-characters
733 EBCDIC symbolic characters in literals (" "135,151,151"bar"195,
734 194"Z" for " foobarBAZ")
735 -fword-continuation=<support> continuation of COBOL words
737 -fnot-exception-before-exception=<support>
739 NOT ON EXCEPTION before ON EXCEPTION
740 -faccept-display-extensions=<support> extensions to ACCEPT and DISPLAY
742 -frenames-uncommon-levels=<support>
744 RENAMES of 01-, 66- and 77-level items
745 -flarger-redefines=<support>
747 allow larger REDEFINES items
748 -fsymbolic-constant=<support> constants defined in SPECIAL-NAMES
750 -fconstant-78=<support>
752 constant with level 78 item (note: has left to right precedence
753 in expressions)
754 -fconstant-01=<support>
756 constant with level 01 CONSTANT AS/FROM item
757 -fperform-varying-without-by=<support>
759 PERFORM VARYING without BY phrase (implies BY 1)
760 -freference-out-of-declaratives=<support>
762 references to sections not in DECLARATIVES from within DECLARA‐
763 TIVES
764 -fprogram-prototypes=<support>
766 CALL/CANCEL with program-prototype-name
767 -fcall-convention-mnemonic=<support>
769 specifying call-convention by mnemonic
770 -fcall-convention-linkage=<support>
772 specifying call-convention by WITH ... LINKAGE
773 -fusing-optional=<support>
775 support for PROCEDURE DIVISION USING OPTIONAL
776 -fnumeric-value-for-edited-item=<support>
778 numeric literals in VALUE clause of numeric-edited items
779 -fincorrect-conf-sec-order=<support>
781 incorrect order of CONFIGURATION SECTION paragraphs
782 -fdefine-constant-directive=<support> allow >> DEFINE CONSTANT var AS
784 literal
785 -ffree-redefines-position=<support>
787 REDEFINES clause not following entry-name in definition
788 -frecords-mismatch-record-clause=<support>
790 record sizes does not match RECORD clause
791 -frecord-delimiter=<support>
793 RECORD DELIMITER clause
794 -fsequential-delimiters=<support>
796 BINARY-SEQUENTIAL and LINE-SEQUENTIAL phrases in RECORD DELIM‐
797 ITER
798 -frecord-delim-with-fixed-recs=<support>
800 RECORD DELIMITER clause on file with fixed-length records
801 -fmissing-statement=<support> missing statement (e.g. empty IF / PER‐
803 FORM)
804 -fmissing-period=<support>
806 missing period in PROCEDURE DIVISION (when reference format sup‐
807 ports Area A enforcement)
808 -fzero-length-literals=<support>
810 zero-length literals, e.g. '' and ""
811 -fxml-generate-extra-phrases=<support>
813 XML GENERATE's phrases other than COUNT IN
814 -fcontinue-after=<support>
816 AFTER phrase in CONTINUE statement
817 -fgoto-entry=<support>
819 ENTRY FOR GO TO and GO TO ENTRY statements
820 -fassign-variable=<support>
822 ASSIGN [TO] variable in SELECT
823 -fassign-using-variable=<support>
825 ASSIGN USING/VARYING variable in SELECT
826 -fassign-ext-dyn=<support>
828 ASSIGN EXTERNAL/DYNAMIC in SELECT
829 -fassign-disk-from=<support>
831 ASSIGN DISK FROM variable in SELECT
832 -fvsam-status=<support>
834 VSAM status in FILE STATUS
835 -fself-call-recursive=<support>
837 CALL to own PROGRAM-ID implies RECURSIVE attribute
838 -frecord-contains-depending-clause=<support>
840 DEPENDING clause in RECORD CONTAINS
841 -fpicture-l=<support>
843 PICTURE string with 'L' character
844 where <support> is one of the following: 'ok', 'warning', 'ar‐
846 chaic', 'obsolete', 'skip', 'ignore', 'error', 'unconformable'
847 -fnot-reserved=<word>
849 word to be taken out of the reserved words list
850 -freserved=<word>
852 word to be added to reserved words list
853 -freserved=<word>:<alias>
855 word to be added to reserved words list as alias
856 -fnot-register=<word>
858 special register to disable
859 -fregister=<word> or <word>:<definition>, where definition uses back‐
861 slash esca
862 special register to enable
863
865 Written by Keisuke Nishida, Roger While, Ron Norman, Simon Sobisch, Ed‐
866 ward Hart Built Jul 28 2023 19:20:47 Packaged Jul 28 2023 17:02:56
867 UTC C version "10.2.1 20210110"
868
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881
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885 command
886 info gnucobol
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