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Status Not under consideration
Workspace COBOL Compilers
Categories z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 9, 2026

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[CDADUMP / dwarfdump] Option to extract the pure source code (without formatting)

Hi,

This may not be the best group to make this request, but it is related to the IBM Enterprise COBOL compiler for z/OS.

The -zt option of CDADUMP / dwarfdump extracts the source code of the program included in the DWARF options.

This source code is formatted with:

  • header lines

  • line number in the left margin

We would like an option to extract the source code without any formatting: the pure source code, similar to the SYSMDECK output by the COBOL compiler.

Thanks.

Idea priority Low
  • Admin
    Basil Kanneth
    Apr 23, 2026

    Hi Denis, the tricky part is not avoiding the additional formatting but rather how to handle this new option/suboption with other options. When users want to dump some other debug sections, it makes sense to have header lines. In a sense, this new proposal conflicts with all the other existing options/suboptions except for -zt.

    Moreover, the tool dumps all MDECKs within a load module or a debug side file. In that case, it still remains a problem for the end user ie how to separate one MDECK from the others. In that sense, this proposal is only useful for a load module (or debug side file) with one MDECK.

    In our opinion, the header lines provide a good way for a post-processing tool to extract each of the MDECKs from the output. As a result, we do not see the benefits of this idea and will be rejecting it.

    Regards,
    Basil

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