COBOL.HELPCMD.D1

COBOL                                                                  CMS EXEC
 
Use the COBOL exec to compile COBOL programs using the OS MVT/MFT Cobol V3
compiler described in GC28-6399 which may be downloaded from www.bitsavers.org.
 
The format of the COBOL command is
 
+------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
|   COBOL    | filename                                                       |
+------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
 
where:
 
filename  Is the name of a file with filetype COBOL and fixed length 80 byte
          records.
 
Options:
 
The command does not accept any options but passes the following options to
the COBOL compiler:
 
Notes:
 
1.  The compiler outputs two files "filename TEXT" containing the generated
    object code, and "filename LISTING" which contains the compiler listing
    including diagnostic messages.
 
2.  The COBOL runtime is contained in "COB360 TXTLIB Y". Issue a GLOBAL TXTLIB
    referencing this file before loading a cobol program.