UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello. I am new to the unix environment. Currently, I am taking existing COBOL source code and attempting to compile and run on our new UNIX machine. I have succesfully compiled an object. When I try to run I get the follwing error:

0509-036 Cannot load program abeunix.o because of the following errors:
0509-108 The .loader section does not exist.

Does anyone have an idea of what I am missing?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

It looks as if you did not completely compile your code. Some compilers, like microfocus, for example, allow you to have have two steps in compilation. You can, using options, tell it where to stop compiling.

If you set a -c option it tells the compiler to create an object file (myfile.o)
Which is what you seem to be trying to run. .o cannot be loaded. Only executable image files can be loaded and run.

What compiler

When I compile I use the command:

cob2 abeunix.cbl

It creates the abeunix.o object.

Should I be compiling differently??

I am using the IBM COBOL for AIX compiler. On the listing it says

PP 5724-H44 IBM COBOL for AIX 2.0.0

Oh.

By default many compilers produce a file called a.out. The abeunix.o file is an intermedite file made along the way to creating your final executable.

Try:

Code:

cob2 -o abeunix abeunix.cob

Code:

ls -l abeunix

should show a file "abeunix" made a few seconds ago. Try running that.

My source code file is abeunix.cbl

The reason I tried to execute the abeunix.o file is that that was the one created when I compiled that was not the listing (abeunix.lst)

When I ran

cob2 -o abeunix abeunix.cob

it said "cannot find abeunix.cob"

I then figured you were referring to the .cob file as my source so then I issued the command

cob2 -o abeunix abeunix.cbl

That ran and produced the .o but there was not a file that was called "abeunix".

My manual says issuing a "-v" will display and run the compile and link edit steps. I did that and it produced the .o file again and I tried to run and got the same initial error.

Any ideas? And thanks alot for your replies so far - you have been great.

do an ls -lrt on the directory where you are compiling.
compile your file with the -v option
do an ls -lrt again.

There should be new files created by the compiler in that directory - they will be the last ones listed. What are they?

The new files are

abeunix.lst
abeunix.o

BUT - your going to kill me for this. I am getting a return code of 8 which probably means my link step is not working. I looked at the errors and they are not showstoppers so I just need to adjust the compiler to accept a return code of 8 and then run.

I think I saw something about that in the manual.

Thanks for your help. If you know quickly off the top of your head how to tell the compiler that a rc of 8 is acceptable, I would be grateful if you would share that.

Thanks again.