Developing Compaq COBOL Programs
1.2 Developing Programs on Tru64 UNIX
Table 1–3 lists and describes some of the software tools you can use when
developing and testing a program.
Table 1–3 Main Tools for Program Development and Testing
Task or Activity
Manage source files
Create and modify
source files
Analyze source code
Build program (compile
and link)
Debug and test program
Install program
In addition, you might use the following shell commands at various times during
program development:
•
To view information about an object file or an object library, use the following
commands:
The
language, whether it is an object library, ASCII file, and so forth).
The
information, including the identification field of each object file.
The
The
For more information on these commands, see the appropriate reference page
or the DIGITAL UNIX Programmer's Guide.
•
Use the
the modules in the library, list the modules in the library (
other functions. Use
linking purposes. For more information, see ar(1) or the DIGITAL UNIX
Programmer's Guide.
•
To create shared libraries on Tru64 UNIX systems, use
command. For more information, refer to Section 1.2.3.4 and the DIGITAL
UNIX Programmer's Guide.
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Tool and Description
Use
RCS
or
see the Tru64 UNIX documentation on programming support
tools or the appropriate reference page.
Use a text editor, such as
more information, see your operating system documentation.
Use searching commands such as
more information, see the Tru64 UNIX documentation on
programming support tools or the appropriate reference page.
You can use the
perhaps using shell scripts, or use the
your application in an automated fashion using a makefile.
For more information on
and the Tru64 UNIX documentation on programming support
tools.
Use the Ladebug Debugger to debug your program or run it for
general testing. For more information on Ladebug Debugger,
see the Ladebug Debugger Manual.
Use
setld
more information, see the Tru64 UNIX documentation on
programming support tools.
command shows the type of a file (such as which programming
file
command (perhaps with the
nm
command shows the contents of a file and other information.
odump
command shows the size of the code and data sections.
size
command to create an archive object library (
ar
to add a table of contents to the object library for
-ts
sccs
to manage source files. For more information,
vi
emacs
,
, or another editor. For
grep
cobol
command to create small programs,
make
, see the make(1) reference page
and related commands such as
or
flag) shows symbol table
-a
-o
diff
and
. For
make
command to build
tar
. For
flag), maintain
-r
-t
), and perform
, not the
ld
ar
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