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Can any one please tell me how to call a Unix command from a COBOL program? I am using AIX unix.

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... and you are use which COBOL compiler?
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I am using AIX COBOL compiler.
 
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Hi Tom,

Could you please give me your suggestions on this.
 
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By AIX COBOL do you mean IBM COBOL Set for AIX? If so, I don't have any access to that product's documentation. The ability to invoke a UNIX command from a COBOL program typically requires the use of CALL to a proprietary library routine. That information would be in the documentation.
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Hi Tom,

Thank you very much for your suggestion.
 
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