Format of a Configuration File for Native COBOL

Set run-time tunables and environment variables in the configuration file using the following syntax:

Tunables

set tunable_name=value

set cobconfig_error_report=TRUE

Environment Variables

The format of each environment variable is:

setenv variable_name value

For example:

setenv COBSW +2+5+6

The following rules must also be observed:

• Each run-time tunable or environment variable appears on a new line.
• Blank lines are ignored.
• A comment line starts with a # character. The maximum number of characters permitted in a comment line is 80, including any new-line or carriage return characters that might be placed at the end of the line by some editors.
  Tip: As the configuration file is processed at run time, we advise that you limit the number of comments, in order to keep time taken to process the configuration file to a minimum.
• Each space in the definition can be replaced with tabs or more than one space.
• For tunables, the value is validated according to the type and values allowed, and the value of the cobconfig_error_report tunable in effect. Where value is numeric, a leading zero indicates that the value should be treated as octal (that is, base 8). For example, 07 (octal) is 7 (decimal), while 010 (octal) is 8 (decimal); however, 08 (octal) and 09 (octal) are invalid octal values. Hexadecimal values can also be set by using numeric values that begin with 0x.