COB-CONFIG(1)

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version 3.2 · 6 versions
, in alpine 3.24, debian trixie, epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💅 COB-CONFIG(1)

ok so this is the manual page for cob-config — it lives in the User Commands section of the manual, bestie, and it's the little shell-script bestie that makes GnuCOBOL life easier 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

cob-config — the manual page for cob-config 3.2.0, no cap 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

cob-config [options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so real talk: this is a shell script 📜 and its whole entire job is to make configuring your applications against a particular version of the GnuCOBOL library wayyyyy less of a struggle. literally what it says on the tin ✨

and also? it echos configuration variables of libcob (GnuCOBOL). that's the vibe 💅

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • --prefix — echos the package-prefix of libcob (GnuCOBOL) 🎀
  • --exec-prefix — echos the executable-prefix of libcob (GnuCOBOL) 🎀
  • --cflags — echos the C compiler flags you need to compile with libcob (GnuCOBOL) 🔥
  • --libs — echos the libraries you need to link with libcob (GnuCOBOL) 🔥
  • --version — echos the release+patchdate version of libcob (GnuCOBOL) ⭐
  • --bindir — echos the directory containing libcob (GnuCOBOL) programs 👑
  • --datarootdir — echos the data root for libcob (GnuCOBOL) 🌸
  • --datadir — echos the directory containing libcob (GnuCOBOL) data 🌸
  • --includedir — echos the directory containing libcob (GnuCOBOL) header files 🦋
  • --libdir — echos the directory containing libcob (GnuCOBOL) libraries 🦋
  • --mandir — echos the directory containing libcob (GnuCOBOL) manpages 🦋
  • --help — prints this message 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

so the full documentation for cob-config is maintained as a Texinfo manual 📖 — yes, the whole thing, iconic behaviour honestly.

if info and cob-config are properly installed at your site (vibe check ✅), then this command:

info gnucobol

should give you access to the complete manual 🤓💖 iykyk

ngl, info gnucobol is gonna be your bestie if you want the full lore — this page is just the highlights 🌟

and that's the whole page, bestie 🥳 this was cob-config version 3.2.0, dated July 2023 — take care of her, she's doing her best 💜🎀✨

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