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| From: | Brian Tiffin |
| Subject: | Re: [open-cobol-list] File references in MSWin |
| Date: | Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:24:31 -0500 |
| User-agent: | Opera Mail/12.14 (Linux) |
I understand and use Linux file reference conventions when referring to a file in an OC program, e.g.: SELECT INFILE ASSIGN TO "../filedir/mainfile.fil". What would be the corresponding reference in a MSWin based COBOL program? I assume that the directory "filedir" is parallel to the directory containing the COBOL source code.
John. Windows uses the same two dots to specify "up" relative directories as POSIX, and you can use native Windows naming for ASSIGN.
Input-Output Section.
File-Control.
Select InFile Assign to
"C:\expon180.1e6".
Select OutFile Assign to
"C:\TELCO.TXT"
Line
Sequential.
Also as stated in the other response, things like backslash versus slash
are usually handled at a lower level, with auto conversions that usually
work. At least from POSIX name to Windows names. Windows names that
include drive spec, backslash or device names are usually just rejected as
bad names in GNU/Linux. POSIX doesn't seem overly concerned with Windows
compatibility. Windows IS under some pressure to support POSIX though, at
least from programmers. OpenCOBOL does handle some of the name
consolidation, but most times it is up to the developer to keep things
straight.
Cheers, Brian
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