[Info-vax] COBOL, <gack!> again! Return status.

[Chris Townley]

On 14/09/2023 23:32, bill wrote:
> On 9/11/2023 3:45 PM, bill wrote:
>> On 9/11/2023 3:01 PM, Brian Schenkenberger wrote:
>>> How does a COBOL program return a status (ie. R0) to a calling 
>>> program? I found a reference to RETURN-CODE but compiler balks at that.
>>>
>>
>> In Unix ending the program with:
>>
>>      STOP RUN RETURNING {literal-1}
>>                         {identifier-1}
>>
>>
>> will make a return code available to the shell.
>>
>> If you want a status returned to DCL I expect that would do it.
>>
>> bill
>>
>> {I really need to get a VMS system running here again.}
>>
> 
> OK, in case anyone is still interested in any of this.
> 
> OpenVMS COBOL does not support the RETURNING clause on a STOP RUN.
> 
> If you wish to pass a STATUS back to DCL you have to put the
> desired value in the predefined variable RETURN-CODE before
> using STOP RUN.
> 
> I tried it and it works fine.
> 
> I really miss doing COBOL.  Kinda miss Fortran, too, but not
> as much.  And then there was Pascal.  A shame we lost all the
> good languages.
> 
> bill
> 

Pascal IS available for x86

-- 
Chris