Testing the Installation

This chapter describes how to preprocess and compile COBOL files.

1. OFCOBOL Preprocessing Example

The following are the steps for preprocessing a sample COBOL file using the ofcbpp command after installing OFCOBOL.

Create a simple sample COBOL file.

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID.     SAMPLE.
       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
       CONFIGURATION SECTION.
       DATA DIVISION.
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
       01  WS-VAR.
           COPY WSVARCPY.
       PROCEDURE DIVISION.

           MOVE 'SAMPLE PROGRAM' TO WS-VAR-DAT.
           DISPLAY WS-VAR-DAT.

       END PROGRAM SAMPLE.

Preprocess SAMPLE.cob.
```
ofcbpp -i SAMPLE.cob -o ofcbpp_SAMPLE.cob
```
For more information about using ofcbpp for preprocessing, refer to "2.2. ofcbpp" in OpenFrame COBOL User Guide.

Confirm that the copybook specified using the COPY statement is inserted in ofcbpp_SAMPLE.cob, the preprocessing result.

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID.     SAMPLE.
       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
       CONFIGURATION SECTION.
       DATA DIVISION.
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
       01  WS-VAR.
      *    COPY WSVARCPY.
      *(/home/oframe/OFCOBOL/copybook/WSVARCPY)
           03  WS-VAR-LEN  PIC 9(04) COMP.
           03  WS-VAR-DAT  PIC X(16).

       PROCEDURE DIVISION.

           MOVE 'SAMPLE PROGRAM' TO WS-VAR-DAT.
           DISPLAY WS-VAR-DAT.

       END PROGRAM SAMPLE.

2. OFCOBOL Compilation Example

Use the ofcob command to compile COBOL programs.

The following is an example of creating an executable file by compiling SAMPLE.cob.
```
ofcob -x SAMPLE.cob
```
For more information about using ofcob for compilation, refer to "3.1. ofcob" in OpenFrame COBOL User Guide.
Confirm that an executable file is created with the program file name.
```
$ ls
SAMPLE  SAMPLE.cob
$ ./SAMPLE
SAMPLE PROGRAM
$
```