Describing the computing environment
In the ENVIRONMENT DIVISION
of a program,
you describe the aspects of the program that depend on the computing
environment.
About this task
Use
the CONFIGURATION SECTION
to specify the following
items:
- Computer for compiling the program (in the
SOURCE-COMPUTER
paragraph) - Computer for running the program (in the
OBJECT-COMPUTER
paragraph) - Special items such as the currency sign and symbolic characters
(in the
SPECIAL-NAMES
paragraph) - User-defined classes (in the
REPOSITORY
paragraph)
Use the FILE-CONTROL
and I-O-CONTROL
paragraphs
of the INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION
to:
- Identify and describe the characteristics of the files in the program.
- Associate your files with the corresponding system file-name, directly or indirectly.
- Optionally identify the file system (for example, SFS or STL) that is associated with a file. You can also do so at run time.
- Provide information about how the files are accessed.