OS/VS COBOL programs

The following table shows various compiler options that can be used to prepare OS/VS COBOL programs for use with the ADFz family of products (z/OS® Debugger, Fault Analyzer for z/OS® and Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS®). The methods suggested in the following table indicate whether the load module produced is suitable for a production environment. Load modules suitable for a production environment have no significant runtime overhead.

Table 1. Examples of compiler options and source information files that are supported by ADFz products for OS/VS COBOL

This table has 6 columns. The second cell of the second row spans 2 rows. The fourth cell of the final row spans 3 columns.

Compiler options Source information file type produced Is the load module production ready? Options supported and suggested for z/OS® Debugger Options supported and suggested for Fault Analyzer Options supported and suggested for APA
DMAP, NOCLIST, NOLST, PMAP, SOURCE, VERB, XREF(SHORT) Compiler listing Yes N/A Supported Supported
(LIST, NOPMAP) or (CLIST, NOPMAP) or (CLIST, PMAP) Yes N/A Supported N/A
NOBATCH, NOCLIST, NOCOUNT, DMAP, NOLST, PMAP, SOURCE, NOSYMDMP, NOTEST, NOOPT, VERB, XREF(SHORT) LANGX file Yes Suggested for production and test