FWIW, we use z/OS make to build stuff with c/c++/assembler/java: - as command to invoke HLASM - c++ or c89 commands for c / c++ compiles - c89 for binding (according to the docs, cob2 internally invokes c89 for binding) - various Unix REXX scripts, like one to invoke EDCDSECT - java is compiled as it is typed on the workstation; ant scripts incrementally build and upload jars as required.
The z/OS shell commands run the same compilers, so they can be used to build modules in PDS/Es, so they are not just for building z/OS Unix stuff. I wouldn't expect cob2 to be much different. Kirk Wolf http://dovetail.com PS> I don't expect that many on this list will be interested in using make on z/OS. For one thing, you would have to agree to using the Unix file system for source files. Next, the learning curve for Makefile recipes is pretty steep. The payoff is that you have a way of incrementally building projects with many source files and compile units, since make uses a dependency model to figure out what files need to be recompiled. C compilers (z/OS XLC/C++ included) can automatically generate Makefile #include dependencies, so your incremental builds can be even smarter. With some hacking, you could probably invoke the COBOL compiler to scan and generate ADATA and then generate the COPY dependencies for make from there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
