Linking remotely

You can use the Link action to link object files together into a program.

Procedure

To link object files together into a program, complete the following steps:

  1. Switch to the z/OS Projects perspective.
  2. In the z/OS Projects view, do one of the following actions:
    • Right-click the .o or .obj object files that you want to link to open the menu.
    • Right-click the z/OS® UNIX subproject that contains the object files you want to link to open the menu.
  3. Select Link > name_of_build_and_link_options_set .
    The Link Target window opens.
  4. Do one of the following to specify the link target on z/OS UNIX or MVS™:
    • Click PDS target to specify that you want to link the selected object files into a PDS member. In the PDS member field, type the name of the PDS member into which you want to link the selected object files.
    • Click HFS target to specify that you want to link the selected object files into an HFS target. In the File field, type the name of the HFS file into which you want to link the selected object files or click Browse to browse for the HFS file.
  5. Optional. If you selected a z/OS UNIX subproject, select the object files that you want to link into the specified target from the Object files to link section.
  6. Click OK to link the selected object files into a program with the parameters that are specified in the selected set of link options.