You can preprocess COBOL ALLBASE/SQL programs in job mode. Figure 2-15 illustrates a job file that uses the PPCOB UDC to preprocess several sample programs.
Figure 2-15 Sample Preprocessing Job file
!JOB JIM,MGR.HPDB,COBOL;OUTCLASS=,1 :ppcob cobp01,PartsDBE,cobp01p :ppcob cobp01a,PartsDBE,cobp01ap :ppcob cobp02,PartsDBE,cobp02p . . :ppcob cobp50,PartsDBE,cobp50p !TELL JIM,MGR.HPDB; COBOL Preprocessing is complete! !EOJ''