Before using the compiler, verify that the environment variables LANG,
MANPATH, NLSPATH, and PATH are set.
To determine the current setting of these variables, use this
command:
echo "\n $LANG \n\n $NLSPATH \n\n $MANPATH \n\n $PATH"
- LANG
-
Specifies the national language for message files. See National language support.
-
The LANG environment variable can be set to any of the locales provided on the
system.
-
The national language code for United States English is en_US. If the appropriate message
catalogs was installed on your system, any other valid national language code can be substituted for
en_US.
- MANPATH
-
Optionally specifies the directory search path for finding man pages. See Enabling man pages for more information.
- NLSPATH
-
Specifies the path name of the message files. See Enabling the error messages for more
information.
- PATH
-
Specifies the directory search path for the executable files of the compiler.
-
For example, when
COBOL for Linux® on x86 is
installed in the default location, to run the utilities (scu and gdgmgr), add the following
directory to the
PATH
environment variable by entering this
command:
export
PATH=$PATH:installation_path/cobol/1.2.0/bin:/opt/ibm/cobol/rte/bin:/opt/ibm/cobol/debug/usr/bin
where
installation_path is the target directory specified by the
--prefix
option of the nondefault installation command on RHEL
or
SLES, or the
/opt/ibm directory under the root directory of
chroot
on Ubuntu.
-
Important: The LANG and NLSPATH environment variables are initialized when the operating
system is installed and might differ from the ones you want to use.
Note: Additional environment variables may be required for building
and running various COBOL applications. For more information, see
Compiler and
runtime environment variables in the
IBM® COBOL for Linux on x86 Programming Guide.