How to pass data to Cobol program on AIX through shell scripts.

[Kchinnaswamy]

Hi experts

I am trying to pass a file name to a cobol program at run time. Any ideas on how to do it in the command line?

example - a.out "/usr/lpp/cobol/test.input"

Help please.

Kumar

 

[bjverzal]

You would do it the same way as any other program, however in the COBOL program, there is a library or setting in the ENVIRONMENT or DATA DIVISION that defines the parameters you are expecting.

If you are using the AIX COBOL compiler, the procedures for doing this are defined quite nicely in the online documentation. I *do* recommend that you get the 1.1 update though. It fixes several bugs.

Bill.