Re: [open-cobol-list] use environment-variable for filename

[Franklin Ankum]

Hello Leon,

> Allthough I browsed thru previous postings I could not find any reference 
> to my (very) simple question: how do I access (unix)-files in a 
> Cobol-programm ?
>
> I'm currently working on a mainframe-to-Linux conversion which also 
> includes about 20 cobol-programms. For this I installed Opencobol on Linux 
> and Z/Linux.
>
> When I run a mainframe-program that only opens a file I get error: libcob: 
> Permanent file error (STATUS=30)
>
> Is it possible to use an environment-variable for filename insteed of a 
> fixed filename ?

compile your program with cobc -std=ibm yoursource.cbl
now "export WF001=/tmp/f001" and run your program again

Regards Franklin