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Conference csc32::cobol2

Title:Micro Focus Cobol/2
Notice:See note 10 for instructions on BUG reports
Moderator:CSC32::E_VAETH
Created:Sat Jan 19 1991
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:577
Total number of notes:1843

520.0. "Compile error" by TKOV51::H_FUJIWARA () Tue Jun 18 1996 07:22

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520.1Are you compiling from root?PACKED::PYXIS::NESCHKETue Jun 18 1996 10:108
520.2Thank youTKOV51::H_FUJIWARATue Jun 18 1996 21:4310
520.3compile under root now?GRANPA::EBILLITERMon Feb 10 1997 13:274
    Hello,
    Is this still a problem?  Or can we now compile under 'root'?
    Thanks, Ellen
    
520.4PACKED::KIDS::NESCHKETue Feb 11 1997 09:537
Yes, you can now compile as root using Digital UNIX V4.0.   The OS
change that provides this support with the Micro Focus COBOL product 
may also have been integrated into a later release or fix with Digital
UNIX V3.2.    Let me know if you need me to track it's integration with
Digital UNIX V3.2.

-Joanne 
520.5using DUNIX 3.2g and MFC 3.2bGRANPA::EBILLITERTue Feb 11 1997 11:388
    Hi again,
    
    Thanks for the good news re V4.  We are using Digital UNIX 3.2g and 
    Micro Focus COBOL 3.2b. I was told by someone trying to make this work
    that it's not working, and I assumed it was this documented problem.
    Can we find confirm whether the OS fix was in 3.2g?  Thanks.
    
    Regards, Ellen
520.6PACKED::KIDS::NESCHKETue Feb 11 1997 13:5022
Ellen,

From the OSF QAR response, it does appear to only have been fixed in 
Digital UNIX V4.0.   

I was able to confirm that it's still a restriction on Digital UNIX V3.2D.
I was able to find a Digital UNIX V3.2G system, but don't have root privileges
to try the test yet.   

Here's the info from the Micro Focus COBOL release notes (V4.0).  If the
message described here is the one that you're getting, then this would 
confirm that you are running into this restriction of compiling as root.

RESTRICTIONS

        Compilation as ROOT:

        As ROOT, the use of Micro Focus COBOL to compile an application
        from source on Digital UNIX V3.2 will result in the following
        error: "FATAL ERROR-Cannot access message file".

-Joanne
520.7Thanks!GRANPA::EBILLITERThu Feb 13 1997 08:024
    Thanks for the answer!
    
    Regards, Ellen