Finding program entity definitions and references

Use the XREF(FULL) compiler option to find out where a data-name, procedure-name, or program-name is defined and referenced. Use it also to produce a cross-reference of COPY or BASIS statements to the data sets or files from which copybooks were obtained.

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A sorted cross-reference includes the line number where the data-name, procedure-name, or program-name was defined and the line numbers of all references to it.

To include only the explicitly referenced data items, use the XREF(SHORT) option.

Use both the XREF (either FULL or SHORT) and the SOURCE options to print a modified cross-reference to the right of the source listing. This embedded cross-reference shows the line number where the data-name or procedure-name was defined.

For further details, see the related reference about the XREF compiler option.

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