Command Line Interface

Command Line Interface (TypeCobol.CLI)

List of parameters

name(min)	name	needed ?	args needed ?(=*)	global	Default	handeled	description
i	input	Y	{PATH}(s)	Y		Missing, Bad Paths + Folders	{PATH} to an input file to parse. This option can be specified more than once
o	output	N	{PATH}(s)(cr)	Y		Missing & Count(if ets=5) CanCreate	{PATH} to an ouput file where to generate code. This option can be specified more than once
d	diagnostics	N	{PATH}(cr)	Y		CanCreateFile	{PATH} to the error diagnostics file
s	skeletons	N (Y if ets=5)	{PATH}	Y		Missing (if ets=5) Bad Path	{PATH} to the skeletons file
a	autoremarks	N	----	Y			Enable automatic remarks creation while parsing and generating Cobol
hc	haltonmissingcopy	N	{PATH}(cr)	Y		CanCreateFile	HaltOnMissing Copy will generate a file to list all the absent copies
ets	exectostep	N	[0-5]	strings	Y	Generate(5)	Match[0-5]
e	encoding	N	"rdz"	"zos"	"utf8"	Y	rdz
y	intrinsic	N	{PATH}(s)	Y		Bad Paths + Folders	{PATH} to intrinsic definitions to load. This option can be specified more than once
c	copies	N	{PATH}(s)	Y		Bad Paths + Folders	Folder where COBOL copies can be found. This option can be specified more than once
dp	dependencies	N	{PATH}(s)	Y		Bad Paths + Folders	Path to folder containing programs to load and to use for parsing a generating the input program
t	telemetry	N	----	Y			If set to true telemetry will send automatic email in case of bug and it will provide to TypeCobol Team data on your usage
md	maximumdiagnostics	N	int	Y		Parsable to int	Wait for an int value that will represent the maximum number of diagnostics that TypeCobol have to return
f	outputFormat	N	"0"	"1"	strings	Y	Cobol85
ec	expandingcopy	N	{PATH}(cr)	Y		CanCreateFile	Generate a file with all COPY directives expanded in the source code. This option will be executed if the Preprocessor step is enabled.
exc	extractusedcopy	N	{PATH}(cr)	Y		CanCreateFile	Generate a file with all COPIES detected by the parser
k	startServer	N	"hidden"	N	NormalWindow		Start the server if not already started, and executes commandline. By default the server is started in window mode '{hidden}' hide the window.
1	once	N	----	N			Parse one set of files and exit. If present, this option does NOT launch the server.
h	help	N	----	N			Output a usage message and exit.
V	version	N	----	N			Output the version number of " + PROGNAME + " and exit.
p	pipename	N	string	N	TypeCobol.Server		Pipename used if running as server. Default: "TypeCobol.Server"

Examples

Parse a TypeCobol file and generate it

TypeCobol.CLI.exe -1 -i PGM1.tcbl -o PGM1.cbl -e rdz -d error.txt -s config\skeletons.xml

Parse a TypeCobol file that use a set of COPY and generate it

TypeCobol.CLI.exe -1 -i PGM1.tcbl -o PGM1.cbl -e rdz -d error.txt -s config\skeletons.xml -c .\copyFolder

Get the list of COPY missing to parse a (Type)Cobol file

TypeCobol.CLI.exe -1 -i PGM1.cbl -o PGM1.out.cbl -e rdz -d error.txt --haltonmissingcopy=MissingCopy.txt --exectostep=Preprocessor

--haltonmissingcopy=MissingCopy.txt will tell the parser to write all missing COPY into file "MissingCopy.txt" and to stop after preprocessor phase.

--exectostep=Preprocessor if no copy are missing, this parameter make sure the parser only execute to phase Preprocessor.