On 2016-01-25 12:28, Tom Marchant wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:41:50 -0700, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >> Can COBOL v5 objects be bound into UNIX files? > > Yes. A program object can be stored in either a PDSE or a Unix file. > Understood. I even believe that only Program Objects, not Load modules can be stored in UNIX files. The sense of my question was, does COBOL v5 require other facilities of PDSE beyond Program Object?
I know one restriction: ALIASes are ineffective for Program Objects in UNIX files. However when a UNIX Program Object is bound back to a PDSE member, the ALIASes magically reappear. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN