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 |
| 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 |
| ESLMFCOMM | Specifies the location of the long-lived named pipe (LMF-common). |
| 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 |
| LIBLIST | Locates special Cob library list |
| LIBPATH | Locates shared libraries |
| LINES | Specifies screen depth |
| LMFCOMM | Specifies the location of the long-lived named pipe (LMF-common). |
| LMFTEMP | Specifies the location of the short-lived named pipes |
| 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 |
| SHLIB_PATH | Locates shared libraries |
| 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 |
Details on the use of these environment variables can be found in the main body of the manual set. dd_ routines provide an alternative method of assigning values to environment variables. These are detailed in the chapter Filenames in your File Handling book.