The following table lists the files associated with the COBOL compiler.
Files used by the COBOL compiler |
|---|
Source files (*.cob, *.cobol, *.cbl) |
Library files (*.cbl) |
Screen form descriptor file (*.smd, *.pmd, *.smu, *.pmu) |
Repository files (*.rep) |
Source files displayed in the Source Files folder of the "Dependency" view are the objects of compilation. The following table lists the files created by the COBOL compiler.
Files created by the COBOL compiler |
|---|
Object files (*.obj) |
Repository files (*.rep) |
Debugging information files (*.svd), Program Debug database file (*.pdb) |
Compilation list files (*.lst) |
Source Analysis Information (*.sai) |
Executable files (*.exe) |
Dynamic link libraries (*.dll) |
The following table lists details of the files used for compilation.
File contents | File name format | I/O (*1) | Use and creation conditions | Relevant compilation options | Relevant environment variables(*2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
arbitrary-file-name.cob arbitrary-file-name.cobol arbitrary-file-name.cbl | I | Required | - | - | |
arbitrary-file-name.cbl | I | For compiling a source program that uses the COPY statement | LIB | COB_COBCOPY COB_LIBSUFFIX COB_library-name | |
Screen form descriptor file | screen form descriptor.smd screen form descriptor.pmd(*3) | I | For compiling a source program that has the screen form descriptor. | FORMLIB | SMED_SUFFIX |
source-file-name.obj | O | Created when compilation is performed correctly | - | - | |
class-name.rep | I | For compiling a source program that has the REPOSITORY paragraph | REPIN REP | COB_REPIN | |
O | Created when a class definition is compiled correctly | ||||
source-file-name.svd source-file-name.pdb | O |
| - | - | |
Source analysis information file | source-file-name.sai | O | When the SAI compiler option is specified | SAI | - |
Compilation list files | *.lst | O | For output of a compilation list | - |
*1: I and O are as follows:
I: source file for compilation
O: output file as a result of compilation
*2: For detail, refer to the "NetCOBOL User's Guide".
*3: When the encoding of the form data is UTF-32, the UTF-32 form descriptor is created using "Form descriptor conversion command for UTF-32 (CNVMED2UTF32)". The extension of the created descriptor is .smu or .pmu.
For details of CNVMED2UTF32, refer to the "NetCOBOL User's Guide".
The UTF-32 form descriptor is used when the encoding of the national item is UTF-32. In this case, the search order of the files is .pmu and .smu.
Note
The form descriptor for UTF-32 (*.pmu, *smu) cannot be updated by using FORM and PowerFORM. In this case, you update the original form descriptor (*.pmd/*.smd), and convert it by using CNVMED2UTF32.
In the resource management of NetCOBOL Studio, an original descriptor (*.smd/*.pmd) is registered.
