Question

CBL_GC_WAITPID allows you to wait until another system process ended. Additional you can check the process’ return code.

Parameters: none Returns: function-status / child-status Negative values are returned for system dependent error codes and -1 if the function is not available on the current system.

        CALL "CBL_GC_WAITPID" USING CHILD-PID RETURNING WAIT-STS
        END-CALL
        MOVE 0 TO RETURN-CODE
        DISPLAY 'CBL_GC_WAITPID ended with status: ' WAIT-STS
        END-DISPLAY

Appendices

Appendix A Compiler cobc options

The following list of options was extracted from cobc --help and shows all available compiler options with a short description.