IBM® z/OS® Debugger Utilities: Program Preparation

The set of tools under the Program Preparation (option 1) can help you manage all the tasks required to compile or assemble, and link your programs. They can also help you convert older COBOL source code and copybooks to newer versions of COBOL by using COBOL and CICS® Command Level Conversion Aid (CCCA). The Program Preparation option can be very useful if you do not have an established build process at your site. The following list describes the specific tasks that Program Preparation can help you do:

• Run the Db2® precompiler or the CICS translator.
• Set compiler options.
• Specify naming patterns for your data sets.
• Specify input data sets for copy processing.
• Convert, compile, and link-edit your programs in either TSO foreground or MVS batch.
• Convert, compile, and link-edit your high level language programs in either TSO foreground or MVS batch.
• Convert, assemble, and link-edit your assembler programs in either TSO foreground or MVS batch.
• Generate EQALANGX side files.
• Generate a listing from an EQALANGX or COBOL SYSDEBUG side file.
• Prepare the following COBOL programs for debugging:
  • Programs written for non-Language Environment® COBOL.
  • Programs previously compiled with the CMPR2 compiler option.
  To prepare these programs, you convert the source to the newer COBOL standard and compile it with the newer compilers. After you debug your program, you can do one of the following:
  • Make changes to your non-Language Environment COBOL source and repeat the conversion and compilation every time you want to debug your program.
  • Make changes in the converted source and stop maintaining your non-Language Environment COBOL source.