COBC(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

Okay so, name tag first: cobc — manual page for cobc 3.2.0. Also known as COBC(1), from User Commands. Folded in near the top, periodt. 🎀

🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

cobc [options]... file...

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

No cap: it's the GnuCOBOL compiler for most COBOL dialects, with lots of extensions. That's the whole vibe check, bestie. 💅

💅 OPTIONS 💅

Okay bestie, options time — every flag matters, so keep your eyes on the literal code bits. 👑

The ALWAYS active notes are real, fr fr — don't skip them.

• -h, --help — show this help and exit. 🫶
• -V, --version — show compiler version information and exit. ⭐
• -dumpversion — show compiler version and exit. 🦋
• -i, --info — show compiler information (build/environment) and exit. 💖
• -v, --verbose — verbose mode, displays extra info; multiple -v options crank the verbosity, and the max is 3. The levels are: (1) display compiler version and the commands invoked by the compiler, (2) pass verbose option to assembler/compiler, (3) pass verbose option to linker. 👑
• -q, --brief — reduced displays, commands invoked not shown. 🙈
• -### — like -v but commands not executed. No commands were harmed in this run. 💀
• -x — build an executable program. ✨
• -m — build a dynamically loadable module (default). 🎀
• -j [<args>], --job[=<args>] — run program after build, passing <args>. 🔥
• -std=<dialect> — warnings/features for a specific dialect. <dialect> can be one of: default, cobol2014, cobol2002, cobol85, xopen, ibm-strict, ibm, mvs-strict, mvs, mf-strict, mf, bs2000-strict, bs2000, acu-strict, acu, rm-strict, rm, gcos-strict, gcos; see configuration files in directory config. 👑
• -F, --free — use free source format (alias for -fformat=free). 🌈
• --fixed — use fixed source format (default; alias for -fformat=fixed). 🧚
• -O, -O2, -O3, -Os — enable optimization. ⚡
• -O0 — disable optimization. 🛑
• -g — enable C compiler debug and stack check. 🐛
• -d, --debug — enable all run-time error checking, equal to -fstack-check -fec=EC-ALL. 🚨
• -fec=<exception-name> — enable code generation for <exception-name>, see --list-exceptions for the possible values, sets -fsource-location. ✨
• -fno-ec=<exception-name> — disable code generation for <exception-name>. 🚫
• -o <file> — place the output into <file>. 📦
• -b — combine all input files into a single dynamically loadable module. 🧩
• -E — preprocess only; do not compile or link. 🛑
• -C — translation only; convert COBOL to C. 🔁
• -S — compile only; output assembly file. 🛠️
• -c — compile and assemble, but do not link. 🔗
• -T <file> — generate and place a wide program listing into <file>. 📝
• -t <file> — generate and place a program listing into <file>. 📄
• --tlines=<lines> — specify lines per page in listing, default = 55. 📏
• -P[=<dir or file>] — generate preprocessed program listing (.lst). 🧾
• -X, --Xref — specify cross reference in listing. 🔍
• -I <directory> — add <directory> to copy/include search path. 📂
• -L <directory> — add <directory> to library search path. 📚
• -l <lib> — link the library <lib>. 🔗
• -K <entry> — generate CALL to <entry> as static. 📞
• -D <define> — define <define> for COBOL compilation. 🏷️
• -A <options> — add <options> to the C compile phase. 🧪
• -Q <options> — add <options> to the C link phase. 🔗
• --coverage — instrument generated binaries for coverage. 📊
• --conf=<file> — user-defined dialect configuration; see -std. ⚙️
• --list-reserved — display reserved words. 📜
• --list-intrinsics — display intrinsic functions. 🧠
• --list-mnemonics — display mnemonic names. 🏷️
• --list-exceptions — display exception names. 🚨
• --list-system — display system routines. 🖥️
• --save-temps[=<dir>] — save intermediate files * default: current directory. 💾
• -MT <target> — set/add target file used in dependency list. 🎯
• -MF <file> — place dependency list into <file>. 📄
• -ext <extension> — add file extension for resolving COPY. 📎

🚨 Warning options 🚨

• -Wall — enable most warnings (all except as noted below). 🧱
• -Wextra — like -Wall but enable some extra warning flags. ✨
• -w — disable all warnings. 🤫
• -Wno-<warning> — disable warning enabled by default, -Wall or -Wextra. 🚫
• -Wadditional — additional warnings only raised with -Wall. ➕
• -Wno-unfinished — do not warn if unfinished features are used * ALWAYS active. 💀
• -Wno-pending — do not warn if pending features are used * ALWAYS active. ⏳
• -Wno-repository-checks — do not warn/check for program/function/external signature mismatch * ALWAYS active. 🗂️
• -Wno-ignored-error — do not warn about errors in code parts which are unreachable and so normally ignored * ALWAYS active. 🙈
• -Wobsolete — warn if obsolete features are used. 🕰️
• -Warchaic — warn if archaic features are used. 🏺
• -Wredefinition — warn about non-referenced ambiguous data items. 🔁
• -Wtruncate — warn about field truncation from constant assignments. ✂️
• -Wpossible-truncate — warn about possible field truncation * NOT set with -Wall. ✂️
• -Woverlap — warn about overlapping MOVE of items. 🫂
• -Wpossible-overlap — warn about MOVE of items that may overlap depending on variables * NOT set with -Wall. 🫂
• -Wparentheses — warn if parentheses are omitted around AND within OR. 🌈
• -Wstrict-typing — warn strictly about type mismatch, even when same size * NOT set with -Wall. 🧐
• -Wtyping — warn about type mismatch. 🧐
• -Wimplicit-define — warn whenever data items are implicitly defined * NOT set with -Wall. 🫥
• -Wno-corresponding — do not warn about CORRESPONDING with no matching items * ALWAYS active. 🚫
• -Winitial-value — warn if initial VALUE clause is ignored. 🚩
• -Wprototypes — warn about missing FUNCTION prototypes/definitions. 🧩
• -Warithmetic-osvs — warn if arithmetic expression precision has changed. 🔢
• -Wcall-params — warn about non 01/77 items for CALL parameters * NOT set with -Wall. 📞
• -Wconstant-expression — warn about expressions that always resolve to true/false. ✅
• -Wconstant-numlit-expression — warn about numeric expressions that always resolve to true/false. 🔢
• -Wlarger-01-redefines — warn about larger redefines allowed by COBOL standards. 🔁
• -Wcolumn-overflow — warn about text after program-text area, FIXED format * NOT set with -Wall. 📏
• -Wterminator — warn about lack of scope terminator END-XXX * NOT set with -Wall. 🛑
• -Wlinkage — warn about dangling LINKAGE items * NOT set with -Wall. 🔗
• -Wunreachable — warn about likely unreachable statements * NOT set with -Wall. 🚫
• -Wno-dialect — do not warn about dialect specific issues * ALWAYS active. 🌍
• -Wno-goto-section — do not warn about GO TO section-name * ALWAYS active. 🚫
• -Wgoto-different-section — warn about GO TO a praragraph defined in a different section. 🧭
• -Wsuspicious-perform-thru — warn if PERFORM THRU references procedures not in ascending order or multiple sections * ALWAYS active. 🧐
• -Wdangling-text — warn about source text after program-area * NOT set with -Wall. 📝
• -Wno-missing-newline — do not warn about missing newlines * ALWAYS active. ↩️
• -Wno-others — do not warn about different issues * ALWAYS active. 🚫
• -Wno-unsupported — do not warn if runtime does not support a feature used. 🚫
• -fdiagnostics-plain-output — make diagnostic output as plain as possible. 📄
• -Werror — treat all warnings as errors. 🚨
• -Wno-error — don't treat warnings as errors. 🚫
• -Werror=<warning> — treat specified <warning> as error. 🚨
• -Wno-error=<warning> — don't treat specified <warning> as error. 🚫

🧚 Compiler options 🧚

• -fsign=[ASCII|EBCDIC] — define display sign representation * default: machine native. 🖋️
• -ffold-copy=[UPPER|LOWER] — fold COPY subject to value * default: no transformation. 🔁
• -ffold-call=[UPPER|LOWER] — fold PROGRAM-ID, CALL, CANCEL subject to value * default: no transformation. 📞
• -fmax-errors=<number> — maximum number of errors to report before compilation is aborted * default: 128. 🚨
• -fintrinsics=[ALL|intrinsic function name(,name,...)] — intrinsics to be used without FUNCTION keyword. 🧠
• -fdump=<scope> — dump data fields on abort, <scope> may be a combination of: ALL, WS, LS, RD, FD, SC, LO. 🗑️
• -fcallfh=<name> — specifies <name> to be used for I/O as external provided EXTFH interface module. 📞
• -febcdic-table=<cconv-table>/<file> — EBCDIC/ASCII translation table * e.g. default, ebcdic500_latin1... 🔄
• -fdefault-colseq=[ASCII|EBCDIC|NATIVE] — define default collating sequence * default: NATIVE. 🗂️
• -fstack-extended — store origin of entrypoints and PERFORM * turned on by --debug/-fdump. 🧵
• -fno-remove-unreachable — disable remove of unreachable code * turned off by -g. 🚫
• -ftrace — generate trace code * scope: executed SECTION/PARAGRAPH. 🔍
• -ftraceall — generate trace code * scope: executed SECTION/PARAGRAPH/STATEMENTS. 🔍
• -fsyntax-only — syntax error checking only; don't emit any output. 🧪
• -fdebugging-line — enable debugging lines * 'D' in indicator column or floating >>D. 🐛
• -fsource-location — generate source location code * turned on by --debug/-ftraceall/-fec/-fdump. 📍
• -fimplicit-init — automatic initialization of the COBOL runtime system. 🚀
• -fno-recursive-check — disable check of recursive program call; effectively compiling as RECURSIVE program. 🔁
• -fstack-check — PERFORM stack checking * turned on by --debug/-g. 🧱
• -fmemory-check=<scope> — checks for invalid writes to internal storage, <scope> may be one of: all, pointer, using, none * default: none, set to all by --debug. 🧠
• -fsection-exit-check — check that code execution does not leave the scope of SECTIONs. 🚪
• -fimplicit-goback-check — check that code execution does not end implicit at end of PROCEDURE DIVISION. 🚪
• -fwrite-after — use AFTER 1 for WRITE of LINE SEQUENTIAL * default: BEFORE 1. ✍️
• -fmfcomment — '*' in column 1 treated as comment with listing suppression * FIXED/COBOL85/VARIABLE format only. 🗒️
• -facucomment — '$' in indicator area treated as '*', '|' treated as floating comment. 💬
• -fno-trunc — allow numeric field overflow * non-ANSI behaviour. ⚠️
• -fsingle-quote — use a single quote (apostrophe) for QUOTE * default: double quote. 💬
• -foptional-file — treat all files as OPTIONAL * unless NOT OPTIONAL specified. 📁
• -fstatic-call — outputs static function calls for the CALL statement 💅
• -fno-gen-c-decl-static-call — disables generation of C function declarations for subroutines that use static CALL, no cap
• -fgen-c-line-directives — generates source location directives in the C code (iykyk, it's giving "so the debugger knows where you actually are")
  • turned on by -g/--coverage
• -fgen-c-labels — generates extra labels in C sources
  • turned on by -g
• -fno-theaders — suppresses all headers from the listing, but keeps the page breaks 🎀
• -fno-tsource — suppresses source from the listing
• -fno-tmessages — suppresses the warning and error summary from the listing
• -ftsymbols — specify symbols in the listing
• -ftcmd — specify the command line in the listing
• -fno-ttimestamp — suppresses the timestamp in listing headers ⏰
• -fttitle=<title> — sets the listing title, with _ replaced by spaces; defaults to the package name and version
• -fno-diagnostics-show-option — suppresses output of the option that directly controls the diagnostic
• -fno-diagnostics-show-caret — don't display source context on a warning/error diagnostic (the little caret pointer? gone 💀)
• -fno-diagnostics-show-line-numbers — suppresses display of line numbers in diagnostics

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🦋 Compiler dialect configuration options 🦋

Bestie, this is the big one. This is where you tell the compiler which COBOL it's dealing with. Buckle in 💖

• -freserved-words=<value> — use of complete/fixed reserved words
• -ftab-width=1..12 — the number of spaces that are assumed for tabs
• -ftext-column=72..255 — the right margin column number for fixed-form reference-format
• -fpic-length=<number> — the maximum number of characters allowed in the PICTURE character-string
• -fword-length=1..63 — the maximum word-length for COBOL (= programmer defined) words
• -fliteral-length=<number> — the maximum literal size in general
• -fnumeric-literal-length=1..38 — the maximum numeric literal size
• -fdefaultbyte=<value> — the default initialization for fields without VALUE, and it may be one of:
  • a character in quotes
  • decimal 0..255, representing a character
  • "init", to initialize to PICTURE/USAGE
  • "none", to do no explicit initialization
  • default: "init"
• -fformat=<value> — the default reference-format, may be one of: FIXED, FREE, COBOL85, VARIABLE, XOPEN, XCARD, CRT, TERMINAL, COBOLX
• -fbinary-size=<value> — binary byte size, i.e. it defines the allocated bytes according to PIC; may be one of: 2-4-8, 1-2-4-8, 1--8
• -fbinary-byteorder=<value> — binary byte order, may be one of: native, big-endian
• -fassign-clause=<value> — how to interpret 'ASSIGN word': as 'ASSIGN EXTERNAL word' or 'ASSIGN DYNAMIC word', may be one of: dynamic, external, ibm (= external), mf (= dynamic)
• -fscreen-section-rules=<value> — which compiler's rules to apply to SCREEN SECTION item clauses, may be one of: acu, gc, mf, rm, std, xopen
• -fdpc-in-data=<value> — whether DECIMAL-POINT IS COMMA has effect in XML/JSON GENERATE, may be one of: none, xml, json, all
• -fsubscript-check=<value> — checking for subscript (only done with EC-BOUND-SUBSCRIPT active), may be one of: full, max, record
• -ffilename-mapping — resolve file names at run time using environment variables
• -fpretty-display — alternate formatting of numeric fields ✨
• -fbinary-truncate — numeric truncation according to ANSI
• -fcomplex-odo — allow non-standard OCCURS DEPENDING ON syntax
• -fodoslide — adjust items following OCCURS DEPENDING (this implies complex-odo)
• -finit-justify — applies JUSTIFY with the VALUE clause
• -findirect-redefines — allow REDEFINES to other than the last equal level number
• -frelax-syntax-checks — allow certain syntax variations (e.g. REDEFINES position)
• -fref-mod-zero-length — allow zero length reference-modification (only changed with EC-BOUND-REF-MOD active)
• -frelax-level-hierarchy — allow non-matching level numbers
• -fselect-working — require ASSIGN USING items to be in WORKING-STORAGE
• -flocal-implies-recursive — LOCAL-STORAGE SECTION implies the RECURSIVE attribute
• -fsticky-linkage — LINKAGE SECTION items remain allocated between invocations
• -fmove-ibm — MOVE operates as on IBM (left to right, byte by byte)
• -fperform-osvs — the exit point of any currently executing perform is recognized if reached
• -farithmetic-osvs — limit precision in intermediate results to the precision of the final result (less accurate — yes, that's the tradeoff, don't come for me 🙈)
• -fconstant-folding — evaluate constant expressions at compile time
• -fhostsign — allow hexadecimal value 'F' for the NUMERIC test of a signed PACKED DECIMAL field
• -fprogram-name-redefinition — program names don't lead to a reserved identifier
• -faccept-update — set the WITH UPDATE clause as default for ACCEPT dest-item, instead of WITH NO UPDATE
• -faccept-auto — set the WITH AUTO clause as default for ACCEPT dest-item, instead of WITH TAB
• -fconsole-is-crt — assume CONSOLE IS CRT if not set otherwise
• -fno-echo-means-secure — NO-ECHO hides input with asterisks like SECURE does 🙈
• -fline-col-zero-default — assume a field DISPLAY starts at LINE 0 COL 0 (i.e. at the cursor), not LINE 1 COL 1
• -fdisplay-special-fig-consts — special behaviour of DISPLAY SPACE/ALL X'01'/ALL X'02'/ALL X'07'
• -fbinary-comp-1 — COMP-1 is a 16-bit signed integer
• -fnumeric-pointer — POINTER is a 64-bit unsigned integer
• -fmove-non-numeric-lit-to-numeric-is-zero — imply zero in a move of a non-numeric literal to numeric items
• -fimplicit-assign-dynamic-var — implicitly define a variable if an ASSIGN DYNAMIC does not match any data item
• -fdevice-mnemonics — specifying device by mnemonic
• -fxml-parse-xmlss — XML PARSE XMLSS
• -fareacheck — check contents of Area A (when the reference format supports Area A enforcement), and the enabled checks include:
  • division, section, paragraph names, level indicators (FD, SD, RD, and CD), and toplevel numbers (01 and 77) must start in Area A;
  • statements must not start in Area A; and
  • separator periods must not be within Area A
• -fcomment-paragraphs=<support> — comment paragraphs in IDENTIFICATION DIVISION (AUTHOR, DATE-WRITTEN, ...)
• -fcontrol-division=<support> — CONTROL DIVISION
• -fpartial-replace-when-literal-src=<support> — apply partial replacing with literal source operand even when it replaces with spaces only
  • "skip" prevents such replacements
• -fmemory-size-clause=<support> — MEMORY-SIZE clause
• -fmultiple-file-tape-clause=<support> — MULTIPLE-FILE-TAPE clause
• -flabel-records-clause=<support> — LABEL-RECORDS clause
• -fvalue-of-clause=<support> — VALUE-OF clause
• -fdata-records-clause=<support> — DATA-RECORDS clause
• -ftop-level-occurs-clause=<support> — OCCURS clause on top-level
• -fsame-as-clause=<support> — SAME AS clause
• -ftype-to-clause=<support> — TYPE TO clause
• -fusage-type=<support> — USAGE type-name
• -fsynchronized-clause=<support> — SYNCHRONIZED clause
• -fsync-left-right=<support> — LEFT/RIGHT phrases in the SYNCHRONIZED clause
• -fspecial-names-clause=<support> — SPECIAL-NAMES clause
• -fgoto-statement-without-name=<support> — GO TO statement without name
• -fstop-literal-statement=<support> — STOP-literal statement
• -fstop-identifier-statement=<support> — STOP-identifier statement
• -fstop-error-statement=<support> — STOP ERROR statement
• -fdebugging-mode=<support> — DEBUGGING MODE and debugging indicator
• -fuse-for-debugging=<support> — USE FOR DEBUGGING
• -fpadding-character-clause=<support> — PADDING CHARACTER clause
• -fnext-sentence-phrase=<support> — NEXT SENTENCE phrase
• -flisting-statements=<support> — listing-directive statements EJECT, SKIP1, SKIP2, SKIP3
• -ftitle-statement=<support> — listing-directive statement TITLE
• -fentry-statement=<support> — ENTRY statement
• -fmove-noninteger-to-alphanumeric=<support> — move noninteger to alphanumeric
• -fmove-figurative-constant-to-numeric=<support> — move figurative constants to numeric
• -fmove-figurative-space-to-numeric=<support> — move figurative constant SPACE to numeric
• -fmove-figurative-quote-to-numeric=<support> — move figurative constant QUOTE to numeric
• -fodo-without-to=<support> — OCCURS DEPENDING ON without to
• -fsection-segments=<support> — section segments
• -falter-statement=<support> — ALTER statement
• -fcall-overflow=<support> — OVERFLOW clause for CALL
• -fnumeric-boolean=<support> — boolean literals (B'1010')
• -fhexadecimal-boolean=<support> — hexadecimal-boolean literals (BX'A')
• -fnational-literals=<support> — national literals (N'UTF-16 string')
• -fhexadecimal-national-literals=<support> — hexadecimal-national literals (NX'265E')
• -fnational-character-literals=<support> — non-standard national literals (NC'UTF-16 string')
• -fhp-octal-literals=<support> — HP COBOL octal literals (%377)
• -facu-literals=<support> — ACUCOBOL-GT literals (#B #O #H #X)
• -febcdic-symbolic-characters — EBCDIC symbolic characters in literals (" "135,151,151"bar"195,194"Z" for " foobarBAZ")
• -fword-continuation=<support> — continuation of COBOL words
• -fnot-exception-before-exception=<support> — NOT ON EXCEPTION before ON EXCEPTION
• -faccept-display-extensions=<support> — extensions to ACCEPT and DISPLAY
• -frenames-uncommon-levels=<support> — RENAMES of 01-, 66- and 77-level items
• -flarger-redefines=<support> — allow larger REDEFINES items
• -fsymbolic-constant=<support> — constants defined in SPECIAL-NAMES
• -fconstant-78=<support> — constant with level 78 item (note: has left to right precedence in expressions)
• -fconstant-01=<support> — constant with level 01 CONSTANT AS/FROM item
• -fperform-varying-without-by=<support> — PERFORM VARYING without BY phrase (implies BY 1)
• -freference-out-of-declaratives=<support> — references to sections not in DECLARATIVES from within DECLARATIVES
• -fprogram-prototypes=<support> — CALL/CANCEL with program-prototype-name
• -fcall-convention-mnemonic=<support> — specifying call-convention by mnemonic
• -fcall-convention-linkage=<support> — specifying call-convention by WITH ... LINKAGE
• -fusing-optional=<support> — gives you the support setting for PROCEDURE DIVISION USING OPTIONAL. ✨
• -fnumeric-value-for-edited-item=<support> — support for numeric literals in the VALUE clause of numeric-edited items. 💅
• -fincorrect-conf-sec-order=<support> — support for an incorrect order of CONFIGURATION SECTION paragraphs. 🦋
• -fdefine-constant-directive=<support> — support for allowing >> DEFINE CONSTANT var AS literal. 🎀
• -ffree-redefines-position=<support> — support for a REDEFINES clause that does not follow the entry-name in the definition. 🌸
• -frecords-mismatch-record-clause=<support> — support for when record sizes does not match the RECORD clause. 😭
• -frecord-delimiter=<support> — support for the RECORD DELIMITER clause. 💖
• -fsequential-delimiters=<support> — support for the BINARY-SEQUENTIAL and LINE-SEQUENTIAL phrases in RECORD DELIMITER. 🔥
• -frecord-delim-with-fixed-recs=<support> — support for the RECORD DELIMITER clause on a file with fixed-length records. 🫶
• -fmissing-statement=<support> — support for a missing statement, like an empty IF / PERFORM. 💀
• -fmissing-period=<support> — support for a missing period in PROCEDURE DIVISION (when reference format supports Area A enforcement). 🙈
• -fzero-length-literals=<support> — support for zero-length literals, e.g. '' and "". 🍓
• -fxml-generate-extra-phrases=<support> — support for XML GENERATE's phrases other than COUNT IN. 🧚
• -fcontinue-after=<support> — support for the AFTER phrase in the CONTINUE statement. 💜
• -fgoto-entry=<support> — support for ENTRY FOR GO TO and GO TO ENTRY statements. ⭐
• -fassign-variable=<support> — support for ASSIGN [TO] variable in SELECT. 🌈
• -fassign-using-variable=<support> — support for ASSIGN USING/VARYING variable in SELECT. 👑
• -fassign-ext-dyn=<support> — support for ASSIGN EXTERNAL/DYNAMIC in SELECT. ✨
• -fassign-disk-from=<support> — support for ASSIGN DISK FROM variable in SELECT. 💖
• -fvsam-status=<support> — support for VSAM status in FILE STATUS. 🦋
• -fself-call-recursive=<support> — support for a CALL to its own PROGRAM-ID implying the RECURSIVE attribute. 🎀
• -frecord-contains-depending-clause=<support> — support for the DEPENDING clause in RECORD CONTAINS. 🌸
• -fpicture-l=<support> — support for a PICTURE string with the 'L' character. 💅

where <support> is one of the following: 'ok', 'warning', 'archaic', 'obsolete', 'skip', 'ignore', 'error', 'unconformable' 😌

• -fnot-reserved=<word> — takes <word> out of the reserved words list. 🫶
• -freserved=<word> — adds <word> to the reserved words list. 💖
• -freserved=<word>:<alias> — adds <word> to the reserved words list as an alias. 🦋
• -fnot-register=<word> — disables the special register <word>. 🌸
• -fregister=<word> or <word>:<definition>, where definition uses backslash esca — special register to enable. 💜

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Keisuke Nishida, Roger While, Ron Norman, Simon Sobisch, and Edward Hart — absolute icons, no cap. 💅 The build info is literally Built Jul 28 2023 19:20:47, Packaged Jul 28 2023 17:02:56 UTC, and C version "10.2.1 20210110". ✨

🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

Report bugs to: bug-gnucobol@gnu.org or (preferably) use the issue tracker via the home page. 🫶

GnuCOBOL home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/gnucobol/>

General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

©️ COPYRIGHT ©️

Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 😭

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

The full documentation for cobc is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and cobc programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info gnucobol

should give you access to the complete manual. 💖

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🎀 That’s the whole COBC(1) page, bestie — source/version GnuCOBOL 3.2.0, dated July 2023. Slay and stay slaying. 💅✨