Runtime options

The following table lists the runtime options that are supported.

Table 1. Runtime options
Option Description Default Abbreviation
CHECK Flags checking errors CHECK(ON) CH
DEBUG Specifies whether the COBOL debugging sections specified by the USE FOR DEBUGGING declarative are active NODEBUG None
ERRCOUNT Specifies how many conditions of severity 1 (W-level) can occur before the run unit terminates abnormally ERRCOUNT(20) None
FILEMODE Specifies whether DB2, SdU, and STL files created by COBOL for AIX programs have large-format or small-format internal representation, which determines the maximum size limit of these files FILEMODE(LARGE) FM(L|S)
FILESYS Specifies the file system to use for files for which no explicit file-system selection is made, either through the ASSIGN clause or an environment variable FILESYS(VSA) FS(DB2|RSD|SdU|SFS| STL|VSA|VSAM)
TRAP Indicates whether COBOL intercepts exceptions TRAP(ON) None
UPSI Sets the eight UPSI switches on or off for applications that use COBOL routines UPSI(00000000) None

Specify runtime options by setting the COBRTOPT runtime environment variable.

related references  
Runtime environment variables