mainframer 0.1.0

GnuCOBOL environment and package manager.

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Package manager for gnuCOBOL. Very alpha right now. Not all commands work.

Installation

pipx install mainframer

Usage

Installs various versions of gnuCOBOL to ~/.cobol/

mainframer cobol 3.2
mainframer cobol 3.2.2
mainframer cobol 3.2-b

Now create a mainframer.toml in your project root. This is a monorepo, so you can have multiple mainframer.toml files with at minimum the gnucobol version.

[project]
gnucobol = "3.2"

[compiler]
# modify compiler options here.

[packages]
"name" = { version="1.2.3", url="github.com/matthewdeanmartin/mainframer" }

Activate a cobol. This adds the necessary environment variables.

mainframer shell

Build a cobol project, assuming a particular layout.

mainframer build compile_objects
mainframer build build_binary
mainframer build test
mainframer build run

Help for CLI

usage: mainframer [-h] [-V] {cobol,shell,install,build,clean,test,run} ...
Manage GnuCobol.
positional arguments:
options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         Show program's version number and exit.

Motivation and Goals

Trying to make a package manager for COBOL.

Prior Art

• Build script inspired by CobolCraft