IBM COBOL for AIX application compile and link options

The compile and link options for building COBOL embedded SQL and Db2® API applications with the IBM® COBOL for AIX® compiler are available in the bldapp build script.

Compile and link options for bldapp

Compile options:

cob2: The IBM COBOL for AIX compiler.
-qpgmname$mixed$: Instructs the compiler to permit CALLs to library entry points with mixed-case names.
-qlib: Instructs the compiler to process COPY statements.
-I$DB2PATH/include/cobol_a: Specify the location of the Db2 include files. For example: $HOME/sqllib/include/cobol_a.
-c: Perform compile only; no link. Compile and link are separate steps.

Link options:

cob2: Use the compiler as a front end for the linker.
-o $1: Specify the executable program.
$1.o: Specify the program object file.
checkerr.o: Include the utility object file for error-checking.
-L$DB2PATH/$LIB: Specify the location of the Db2 runtime shared libraries. For example: $HOME/sqllib/lib32.
-ldb2: Link with the database manager library.

Refer to your compiler documentation for additional compiler options.