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programmer1 · Beginner Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 138 Topics: 14

Hi,

I was just wondering if there is some tool/application available, which can convert a cobol load module into cobol source code.
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kolusu · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject:

programmer1,

Check this

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?p=11166#11166

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programmer1 · Beginner Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 138 Topics: 14

Thanks Kolusu,

Yes, the AMBLIST did produce some listing, which was again greek to me.

1) Is there a guide to be able to read such listing?
2) Is there a tool to convert this listing into cobol words?
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dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject:

what COBOL words are you expecting?
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programmer1 · Beginner Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 138 Topics: 14

Cobol words like "Move A TO B" , "READ FILEA" etc
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dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:09 pm Post subject:

I just went back thru the link that Kolosu provided. The AMBLIST does not generate COBOL code. There is a REXX in that thread that appears to generate COBOL code. Did you try that?
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programmer1 · Beginner Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 138 Topics: 14

Dick,

It seems you were just successful in killing my thread !

Can someone please help me with a guide/link to read the SYSPRINT log as the one created by AMBLIST ?

Also, if some tools are available to convert this listing into more readable format. Anything like Abend-Aid, which converts the assembler job output into a readable format.
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kolusu · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject:

programmer1,

Hmm I don't get it. The link I have provided in my prior post has a rexx source which would read the AMBLIST output and produce a cobol psuedo code. The same was mentioned by Dbz. Why would you ask the same question again to provide the source to read the output from Amblist?

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programmer1 · Beginner Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 138 Topics: 14

Sorry,

I didn't make myself clear.

AMBLIST is good but I would still want to know, how to read these logs.
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dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:54 pm Post subject:

programmer1,
How about this: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA2V140/15.0?DT=20040109085116

which, by the way was also in the original link provided by kolusu.

kolusu,
i noticed that I misspelled your name in my previous post. I apologize for not making adequate effort to insure the quality of my posts.
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programmer1 · Beginner Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 138 Topics: 14

Thank You Sir
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vak255 · Intermediate Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 384 Topics: 79

This is news to me and great. I will try converting a LOD

abhinav343 · Beginner Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 23 Topics: 12

Kolusu,

I was trying to execute the AMBLIST Rexx code to get a pseudo code for cobol loads. Just wanted to understand few things about this portion of code :

when (substr(line.i,9,8))='00C3C5C5' then info='CM'line.l

William Collins · Supermod Joined: 03 Jun 2012 Posts: 437 Topics: 0

The rexx linked-to is not attempting to produce "pseudo-code" or any other sort of actual code. It is getting the information which the compiler puts into the "signature bytes" and such-like. Interesting and useful stuff, but not something which is going to give you either pseudo-assembler or Cobol code.

If you really want Cobol code you'll have to search for a source recovery company, it won't be cheap, and the data-names and procedure-names will be generated ones.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:08 am Post subject:

I always wonder why there is such a need to generate a source-code. Just out-of-curiosity?
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