Adds debugging information to the runtime database error messages EQUEL generates. The source file name, line number, and the erroneous statement are printed with the error message.

Writes preprocessor output to the named file. If the -f flag is specified without a filename, the output is sent to standard output, one screen at a time. If you omit the -f flag, output is given the basename of the input file, with the ".cob" extension.

Writes preprocessor error messages to the preprocessor's listing file, as well as to the terminal. The listing file includes preprocessor error messages and your source text in a file named filename.lis, where filename is the name of the input file.

Like -l, but the generated COBOL code also appears in the listing file

Specifies the extension used for filenames in ## include and ## include inline statements in the source code. If -n is omitted, include filenames in the source code must be given the extension ".qcb".

Directs the processor not to generate output files for include files.

This flag does not affect the translated include statement in the main program. The preprocessor generates a default extension for the translated include file statements unless you use the -o.ext flag.

Specifies the extension the preprocessor gives to both the translated include statements in the main program and the generated output files. If this flag is not provided, the default extension is ".qcb".If you use this flag in combination with the -o flag, then the preprocesssor generates the specified extension for the translated include statements, but does not generate new output files for the include statements.

Reads input from standard input and generates COBOL code to standard output. This is useful for testing unfamiliar statements. If the -l option is specified with this flag, the listing file is called "stdin.lis."

To terminate the interactive session, type Control D (UNIX) or Control Z (VMS).

Prints warning messages

Shows what command line options are available for eqcbl