This appendix lists all the environment variables that are available, and describes how to specify them.
| Environment Variable | Summary |
|---|---|
| CCITCP2 | Locates TCP/IP registration program |
| CCITRACE | Specifies the level of CCI tracing |
| COB_LIVE_RECORD | Specifies the path to (optional) and filename prefix for the output file created by the Live Recorder feature. |
| COBAIF | Locates .aif files |
| COBAIFNAME | Specifies basename of .aif files |
| COBANIMOPT | Specifies directives to Animator |
| COBANIMSRV | Attaches Animator to a running program |
| COBATTR | Selects appearance of HIGHLIGHT and LOWLIGHT |
| COBCONFIG | Tailors run-time configurable options |
| COBCPY | Locates copyfiles |
| COBDATA | Locates data files |
| COBDIR | Locates COBOL system software |
| COBIDY | Locates Animator information (.idy) files |
| COBKEYTIMEOUT | Tunes remote terminal response |
| COBLPFORM | Sets logical printer channels |
| COBMAINSTACK | Sets the size of the main stack |
| COBMODE | Sets the local effective working mode |
| COBOPT | Specifies user default Cob utility options |
| COBPATH | Locates programs for dynamic loading |
| COBPRINTER | Directs output to a print spooler |
| COBSES | Specifies the UNIX Session Recorder functions to perform |
| COBSW | Sets run-time system switches |
| COBTERMINFO | Locates COBOL terminfo terminal database |
| COLUMNS | Specifies screen width |
| ENTRYNAMEMAP | Specifies entry name map files and directories containing them |
| EXTFH | Specifies a configuration file for the Callable File Handler |
| FHREDIR | Specifies a configuration file to be used by the Fileshare Client |
| FS | Specifies a configuration file for Fileshare Server |
| FSCOMMS | Specifies that the Fileshare System is to run in single user mode |
| HCOBND | Specifies a directory for DB2 bind files |
| LANG | Specifies the language environment |
| LD_LIBRARY_PATH | Locates shared libraries (except AIX platforms) |
| LIBLIST | Locates special Cob library list |
| LIBPATH | Locates shared libraries (AIX platforms) |
| LINES | Specifies screen depth |
| MAINFRAME_FLOATING_POINT | Specifies the format to use for floating point data items |
| MFCODESET | Specifies which translation tables to use |
| MFCSCFG | Specifies a configuration file to be used by the Client/Server Binding client program |
| MFJSERET | Determines the response to an unsuccessful sort, copy or merge operation. Set to ABEND for an unsuccessful operation to abend and its program to continue instead of terminating with an unrecoverable error (return code 16). |
| MFJSTATS | Specifies to create a report containing statistics for a SORT |
| MFLECONFIG | Specifies a configuration file for Language Environment (LE) run-time options |
| MFLOGDIR | Specifies a directory to be used by Client/Server Binding for log files |
| PATH | Locates directories for all UNIX programs |
| SORTCOMPRESS | Specifies that a compression routine should be used on sort records |
| SORTSCHEME | Specifies a SORT operation to retain more record information in memory. |
| SORTSPACE | Specifies internal work space for SORT operations |
| SORTTEMPSPACE | Specifies temporary work space for SORT operations |
| TERM | Specifies terminal type |
| TERMINFO | Locates UNIX system terminfo database |
| TMPDIR | Locates directory for temporary files |
setenv env_var value
where the parameters are: