Using Legacy COBOL Translation

Use the legacy COBOL translation if either of the following is true:

• You run Fortify Static Code Analyzer on a non-Windows operating system.

  For supported non-Windows platforms and architectures, see the Fortify Software System Requirements document.

• Your COBOL dialect is different than what is supported by the default COBOL translation (see the -dialect option in COBOL Command-Line Options).

Prepare the COBOL source code and copybook files as described in Preparing COBOL Source and Copybook Files for Translation and use the command-line syntax described in COBOL Command-Line Syntax. Note that the legacy COBOL translation accepts copybook files with or without file extensions. If the copybook files have file extensions, use the -copy-extensions command-line option (see Legacy COBOL Translation Command-Line Options).