Compiling and Linking from the Command Line (UNIX)

In addition to using your COBOL development environment to compile and link, you can use command line utilities.

Introduction to the cob command
cob (cob32 or cob64) Command
cob Options Syntax
cob Option Processing and Search Order
cobopt File
COBOPT Environment Variable
The cobmode Utility
Run the cobmode utility from the command line to set the global effective working mode or view the current mode in effect for your session.
Creating Different Types of Files
cob Flags
cob Error Messages
cob Command Examples

Parent topic: Command line reference