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[kanderi mohan babu]

Hi,
please let me know, how we can port the following from Mainframe cobol to AIX cobol:
1)APPLY WRITE-ONLY
2)MULTIPLE FILE TAPE
3)PROCEDURE-POINTER
4)RERUN
5)RESERVE
6)SAME AREA clause
7)SAME SORT clause
8)SORT-CONTROL special register
9)SORT-CORE-SIZE special register
10) SORT-FILE-SIZE special register
11)SORT-MESSAGE special register
12)SORT-MERGE-AREA special register
all of the above statements are syntax checked and has no effect on the execution in AIX Cobol. and also please let me know what are the equivalents for the above in the AIX Cobol.
Thanks in advance.

Regards
Mohan

[kolusu]

kanderi mohan babu ,

My knowledge of AIX is only theortical, and from what I read from the manual, IBM COBOL for MVS & VM clauses and phrases are treated as comments under AIX and OS/2. However, this will have minimal effect on existing applications that you download to the workstation. The IBM VisualAge for COBOL for OS/2 and IBM COBOL Set for AIX compilers recognize and process most IBM COBOL for MVS & VM language syntax, even if the language element has no functional effect.

Check this link for a Summary of Language Difference: Host COBOL and Workstation COBOL

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IGYLR102/APPENDIX1.7?DT=19960625121923

Hope this helps...

Cheers

Kolusu
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