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Re: Re: [open-cobol-list] question from a new user
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David Korn |
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Re: Re: [open-cobol-list] question from a new user |
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Tue Apr 1 14:07:45 2003 |
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Subject: Re: Re: [open-cobol-list] question from a new user
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> 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
>
Thanks, I was able to get past this problem by putting quotes around
the name. However, I am surprised that the program core dumped rather
than providing a useful message.
I am having another problem in that it doesn't seem to handle COMP-3
format for packed decimal. Is this supported?
David Korn
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