Using Legacy COBOL translation

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

• You run OpenText SAST on a non-Windows operating system.

  For supported non-Windows platforms and architectures, see Supported platforms and architectures.

• 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).