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Using Compaq COBOL in the Alpha Common Language Environment
13.6 Examples (OpenVMS)
Example 13–3 Using the SYS$SETDDIR System Service (OpenVMS)
01 DIRECTORY PIC X(24) VALUE "[MYACCOUNT.SUBDIRECTORY]".
01 STAT PIC S9(9) COMP.
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CALL "SYS$SETDDIR" USING BY DESCRIPTOR DIRECTORY
OMITTED
OMITTED
GIVING STAT.
Example 13–4 Using $ASCTIM (OpenVMS)
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. CALLTIME.
****************************************************
* This program calls the system service routine *
* $ASCTIM which converts binary time to an ASCII *
* string representation. *
****************************************************
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 TIMLEN PIC 9999 COMP VALUE 0.
01 D-TIMLEN PIC 9999 VALUE 0.
01 TIMBUF PIC X(24) VALUE SPACES.
01 RETURN-VALUE PIC S9(9) COMP VALUE 999999999.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
000-GET-TIME.
DISPLAY "CALL SYS$ASCTIM".
CALL "SYS$ASCTIM" USING BY REFERENCE TIMLEN
BY DESCRIPTOR TIMBUF
OMITTED
GIVING RETURN-VALUE.
IF RETURN-VALUE IS SUCCESS
THEN
DISPLAY "DATE/TIME " TIMBUF
MOVE TIMLEN TO D-TIMLEN
DISPLAY "LENGTH OF RETURNED = " D-TIMLEN
ELSE
DISPLAY "ERROR".
STOP RUN.
Example 13–5 shows output from a sample run of the CALLTIME program.
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