Re: [open-cobol-list] question from a new user

[Wouter Clarie]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, David Korn wrote:

> The error is coming from an ASSIGN statement.  Based on the COBOL manual
> that I have, this would appear to be correct syntax. Can anyone tell me
> why this program doesn't work and how it can be changed so that the
> compiler can generate C code?
>
> ==========================prog.cob================================
> 002500 INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.                                            
> 00000250
> 002600                                                                  
> 00000260
> 002700 FILE-CONTROL.                                                    
> 00000270
> 002800     SELECT CRIT-ERROR-FILE             ASSIGN UT-S-VMUR107A      
> 00000280
> 002900         STATUS IS WK-CRIT-ERROR-STATUS.                          
> 00000290
> 003000                                                                  
> 00000300

-> ASSIGN TO "UT-S-VMUR107A"

is what I think it should be. That UT-S-VMUR107A is a filename, right?

//Wouter