Linking a Relocatable Object File

When you want to use file names or run-time defaults that vary from the defaults provided by the compiler, link a relocatable object file yourself, rather than have it automatically linked. (Run-time defaults include type checking levels, capability-class attributes, stack size, and heap size.)

For example, you can compile, link, and execute a COBOL II/XL program named EX1SRC, by using the command

        :COB85XLG EX1SRC

This command is equivalent to invoking the following three commands:

        :COB85XL EX1SRC

   :LINK

   :RUN $OLDPASS

Both of the methods given above use $OLDPASS for the relocatable object file and for the executable program file.

The example below shows how to compile and link the COBOL II/XL source file, EX1SRC, using a different relocatable object file and a different executable program file. The compiler creates the relocatable object file named EX1OBJ, which the HP Link Editor/XL command LINK uses to create the executable program file named EX1PROG. The second line of this example is the HP Link Editor/XL command line.

        :COB85XL EX1SRC,EX1OBJ

   :LINK FROM=EX1OBJ;TO=EX1PROG

For a listing of the source file named EX1PROG and examples of linking several relocatable object files at once, refer to Link Editor/XL Reference Manual (32650-90030).