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Using the Rational Build Agent and Antz build extensions to compile a COBOL application

This tutorial uses Antz to show you how to build a simple Hello World! COBOL application on a z/OS® build machine. With Ant, you can describe the steps required to build an application using an XML-based script. Rational Team Concert™ for System z® provides a set of extensions to Apache Ant called Antz, which makes it possible to build z/OS-based applications with Ant.

Learning objectives

This information center describes all of the concepts, tasks, and reference material related to building with Rational Team Concert for System z. This tutorial is designed to let you put all of those pieces together to practice running a complete Rational Team Concert for System z build from start to finish.

In general, you will learn how to:

Specifically, you should complete the following lessons:

Attention: This tutorial depends on your successful SMP/E installation of FMIDs HAHB200 (the Rational Team Concert for System z Build Toolkit) and HAHD200 (Rational Build Agent). Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool that is similar to the UNIX make utility.

Time required

You should plan on taking a few hours to complete this tutorial. If you explore other topics related to this tutorial, it might take longer to complete.
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