2.1.1 Built Target

The following options specify the target type produced by the compiler:

-E

Preprocess only. Compiler directives are executed. Comment lines are removed. COPY statements are expanded. The output goes to the standard-out.

-C

Translation only. COBOL source files are translated into C files. The output is saved in file *.c.

-S

Compile only. Translated C files are compiled by cc. The output is saved in file *.s.

-c

Compile and assemble. This is equivalent to cc -c. The output is saved in file *.o.

-m

Compile, assemble, and build a dynamically loadable module (i.e., a shared library). The output is saved in file *.so. ¹.

-x

Include the main function in the output.

This option takes effect at the translation stage. If you give this option with -C, you will see the main function at the end of the generated C file.

Without any options above, the compiler tries to build a dynamically loadable module.