Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] How to reduce the time for found a shared library ?

[Hudson R. <hud...@so...>]

Hi Alain,

Sorry to have not answered yet.. This time to contribute is small.. :(

> this is the first error, because the sort-return is not defined
> (there are more controls in TC now than when Test08 cobs where written)
> but, if you add in WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
> 77 sort-return pic 99.
> you can see the real problem :
> a SORT with INPUT and OUTPUT PROCEDURE(S) is well compiled,
> but a sort with USING a file name is not.
> This is not a mistake in the test08 cobol program but
> I suppose, somewhere in the compiler because most of the 
> time USING refer a FIELD name in W-S or Linkage section
> but the sort USING refer to a FILE NAME in the FILE SECTION.

I was talking to Rildo and he answered me that the SORT verb worked before... Any contributor should have modified the compiler and didn't tested this modification running test_suite after. :(

> Anyway, it's not a big problem because we can sort a file
> by a call "system" ...

Well.. is a way.. It isn't the best one, but is a way.. :)

> Other thing, you have certainly termcap (/etc/termcap)
> and /usr/share/terminfo .
> try 
> $ locate terminfo
> (if you have slocate on your system)
> and
> $ apropos terminfo
> $ man terminfo 
> $ man infocmp

Thanks, I will search informations about this because I need to learn this so I could use my COBOL programs in linux. :)

Best Regards.
Hudson.