Use ADATA when you want the compiler to create a SYSADATA file that contains records of additional compilation information.
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Default is: NOADATA
Abbreviations are: None
SYSADATA information is used by other tools, which will set ADATA ON for their use. The size of the SYSADATA file generally grows with the size of the associated program.
You cannot specify ADATA in a PROCESS (CBL) statement. You can specify it only in one of the following ways:
related references
Appendix H. COBOL SYSADATA file contents
Compiler environment variables
cob2 options