[open-cobol-list] calling std c library calls from cobol and cob_inspect_tallying() segmentation violation

[Richard A. Painter]

i have several related questions resulting from a runtime core dump coming out
of cob_inspect_tallying() segmentation violation...


1. i want to use static linking however, when i try to use -static cobc
complains telling me i must use -m since i use CALL USING.  is this true that
dynamic linking MUST be used if one uses CALL USING?

2. how does one call a standard c library call from a cobol program?  this is
not addressed in the online docs.  does this change when using static or dynamic
linking?

a good example is pause() so i can interrupt gdb for debugging.  my cobol
programs seem to demand dynamic linking (see #1 above).  if i use CALL 'pause'
cobc uses cob_call_resolve() instead of simply calling the std c lib function
and complains 'pause' was not found.


rich
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