An option begins with a hyphen (-) and is case sensitive. Single letter options that take no parameters can be grouped behind one hyphen. For example, the three options "-v -C -h" can also be written as "-vCh". Options can be entered in any order.
The forward slash (/) can be used in place of the hyphen. Options that begin with a hyphen must not be used before specifying the first filename.
The following list describes each option in detail. Options are listed in alphabetical order, with upper-case letters preceding lower-case letters. Spaces between the option letter and any parameter are optional.
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| -A | Removes strict ANSI interpretation of C-language.
There are some obscure areas in which the current ANSI/ISO C standard differs from earlier C language implementations. If you have problems and suspect it is due to old fashioned C, try using this option. |
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| -C | Embeds C code within generated COBOL.
The embedded C source lines start with an asterisk (*) and space and are ignored by the COBOL Compiler. The embedded code has been through the C preprocessor. |
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| -D name[=val] | Declare a macro name, optionally giving a value. The value can be a numeric or a string literal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -E | Expand all occurrences of structures and unions.
The COBOL for a structure or union is only given in full when it is first declared. Later references are by name. |
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| -F name=val | Equate a C function calling convention
name to a COBOL CALL-CONVENTION value
val
for CALL protoypes, where
name can be one of the following:
These names match C keywords, possibly with one or more leading underscore characters, except for default which represents the default C calling convention when a convention is not explicitly specified. |
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| -G name | Use the group of options specified by
name and process them before those options specified on the command line. The options must be held as one or more lines in the
file
h2cpy.dir, and preceded by the header
[name]. The file can be located in the current directory but if
name is not found, then H2cpy searches the $COBDIR directory for the file
h2cpy.dir. The options in the
h2cpy.dir file can include the -G option on the first line after the heading, as long as the name is a forward reference. Lines starting
with hash (#) or semi-colon (;) are treated as comment lines and ignored. If verbose mode is selected, then the h2cpy command
displays
name and the file in which it was found.
For example, the h2cpy.dir file could contain the following: [default] -G win32 [win32] # For generating a simple, general win32 header file # from 32-bit windows.h # This is set for the executable entry points, for dlls # add -D DLL -e 32 -D _MSC_VER=1000 -D CHAR_UNSIGNED -D _M_IX86=500 -D _WIN32 -D WINVER=0x0400 -D WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN If -G option is not specified, the default is -G default. The -G option cannot be combined with other options behind a hyphen (-). |
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| -I path | Insert the path at the beginning of the include search path list. This option can be used to add entries until the search
path list is full. The list can hold up to fourteen entries.
The search list is initially empty unless the INCLUDE environment variable is used. |
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| -J | Change default for character type to unsigned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -K name | Specifies that name should be recognized (and ignored) as a keyword. This option is useful for header files tailored for C compilers that are not covered by the -M option. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -M | Disables the Microsoft keywords that are normally recognized:
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| -O | Disable the IBM C (for OS/2) keywords that are normally recognized:
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| -P | Just preprocess the C, do not generate the COBOL copyfile.
This option is equivalent to the -C option but additionally suppresses COBOL generation. It is useful if you suspect that H2cpy preprocesses the C source differently from your C compiler. |
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| -R name | Add a COBOL reserved word to the dictionary
All current known reserved words are already built into H2cpy. This option enables you to add new ones. |
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| -S | Generate COBOL for #define macro definitions into a separate file. The filename will be based on the output filename but with any extension replaced by .78. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -V | Do not generate COBOL variable numbers of parameters
This option disables the generation of a provisional COBOL equivalent. (The C language ellipsis (...) has no standard COBOL equivalent at present, so H2cpy ignores it.) |
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| -W | Remove COBOL context-sensitive reserved words | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -X | Extend the COBOL equivalence of string pointers from just char* to both char* and unsigned char*
An unsigned char* parameter to a function prototype will generate, by default, a BY REFERENCE uns-char. The type uns-char is numeric which is generally suitable except for header files, such as os2.h, that use the type unsigned char* to define string pointers. Use the -X option when converting such files so that H2cpy generates BY REFERENCE ANY and you can pass string parameters as PIC X(n) items. |
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| -a type=n | Set the alignment for C type, where
type is one of: int, char, short, long, llong, pointer, float, dfloat or dlfloat.
There are default alignments for all these C types (see the -e option). This option enables them to be varied individually. Alignment is modified by the #pragma pack directive, if used, in the C header file. |
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| -c | Generate all names in COBOL in lower case
H2cpy generates the first occurrence of COBOL names to be as close to the original C names as possible. The case of each letter in the name is as in the original C. |
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| -e n | Target environment where
n is:
The size and alignment of C types is dependent on the environment in which the code is to run. The 32-bit environment size and alignment for C types are: char 1:1, short 2:2, int 4:4, long 4:4, long long 8:4, pointer 4:4, float 4:4, double float 8:8 or double long float 8:8. You can modify the default values using the -a and -s options. |
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| -f | Pass #define floating point literals to COBOL
The COBOL Compiler validates the size and format of float literals. By default, if a #define directive specifies a macro as a floating constant, no COBOL is generated. Setting this option causes a COBOL equivalent to be generated; however, the COBOL Compiler may object to the size of the number. If a floating constant is included in a constant expression and H2cpy evaluates that expression, then the floating constant is treated as zero and a warning given. |
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| -h | Convert hex #define value to decimal
By default, if a #define directive specifies a macro as a hexadecimal constant, H2cpy generates a COBOL hexadecimal constant. Setting this option causes H2cpy to generate the equivalent decimal value in the generated COBOL. |
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| -o name | Name the generated COBOL output file
By default, the names of the output files containing the generated COBOL are constructed from the basename of the first C header file, with extension .cpy for the main copyfile and .ext for the external declarations file. This option enables you to use an alternative name for the main file. The file containing generated external declarations always has the same basename as the main file. |
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| -p | Do not generate CALL prototypes
By default, H2cpy converts C function prototypes into COBOL CALL prototypes. The COBOL Compiler then ensures that any CALLs conform to the CALL prototypes. The checking for conformance is not always very flexible. Set this option if you do not want H2cpy to generate CALL prototypes. Beware of calls that pass a numeric literal (or level-78 item) as a parameter. The Compiler converts the item to COMP-5 format with the size being provided by the COBOL CALL prototype. If there is no CALL prototype present, then the default size of two bytes may be incorrect and the call may fail at run time. You must specify the correct size in bytes using the SIZE clause to the BY VALUE phrase in such cases. |
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| -q | Do not ask for user response if #include file not found | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -r | Remove COBOL reserved word list
Use this option to reduce start-up time if you are not going to compile the generated COBOL. |
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| -s type=n | Set the size for C type, where type is one of: int, char, short, long, llong, pointer, float, dfloat or dlfloat. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -v | Toggle informational messages to screen on/off
This option switches the display of messages on the screen. Verbose mode displays the program banner and other messages, including a trace of nested #include files. Silent mode displays only error messages. The default is verbose mode. |
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| -w | Remove COBOL managed-only reserved words | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -z name | Remove COBOL reserved word |