Environment variables in alphabetical order

Restriction: This topic applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.
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C

CAS_SRV_CANCEL
Determines the cancel regime for service modules loaded by a SEP: the regime affects the request handler upon completion of the service module invocation.
Syntax
CAS_SRV_CANCEL={P|L|N|D}
Parameters
P
Physical cancel.
L
Logical cancel.
N
No cancel.
D
Deferred cancel.
Default
CAS_SRV_CANCEL=P
Comments
Micro Focus recommends that you use the Advanced Region Properties page in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) interface to configure this environment variable. See Advanced Region Properties for more information.
Example
CAS_SRV_CANCEL=L
COBCONFIG

Specifies a run-time configuration file that tailors the run-time configurable options in some way.

Syntax

SET COBCONFIG=pathname

Parameters

  • pathname The name of the COBOL configuration file that tailors the run-time system

Comments

If $COBCONFIG is not set then the file $COBDIR/etc/cobconfig is searched for instead.

Example

SET COBCONFIG=/home/mydir/cobconfig
COBCONFIGJVM
Specifies a Java properties file that tailors the run-time configurable options for Java Virtual Machine applications. Use this instead of COBCONFIG in COBOL applications intended for use on a Java Virtual Machine.

Values

  • The location of a properties file.
COBCONFIG.BLOCK
The location of the application configuration file.
COBCPY

Specifies the directory or directories that the Compiler and Animator should search for copyfiles.

Syntax

SET COBCPY=pathname[:pathname]...

Parameters

  • pathname

    A directory that the Compiler and Animator are to search when looking for copyfiles. When more than one pathname is present, a null pathname represents the current working directory.

Example

SET COBCPY=/home/group/sharedcopy::mydir/mycpy

causes the Compiler to search for a copyfile in /home/group/sharedcopy, then in the current directory and finally in ./mydir/mycpy until either the copyfile is found or it can be considered not found.

COBDATA
Specifies one or more locations, separated by ; (Windows) or : (UNIX), in which to search for data files at run time. As long as the file assignment does not contain a sub-path (that is, a string containing \ or /) then the file assignment is appended to each location specified by COBDATA in order to locate the file.
Note: Users modernizing RM/COBOL or ACUCOBOL-GT legacy code can use a sub-path in the file assignment, but only by compiling with the relevant DIALECT or IDXFORMAT values for the respective File Handling systems; setting these values in the File Handling configuration file is not sufficient to achieve this.

Specifies the directory or directories that the run-time system is to search for data files. Provides you with the facility to map data files globally, thus enabling you to put working data files in a directory whose name is not known until run time.

Syntax

COBDATA=pathname[:pathname]...
Parameters
  • A list of search directories, each item separated by a semicolon. The run-time system is to search these when looking for application data files. When more than one pathname is present, a null pathname represents the current working directory.

Comments

COBDATA affects the compiler and other utilities. During compilation, for example, program source is regarded as a data file by the compiler. If you intend to use any COBOL development system utilities, we recommend that the COBDATA value starts with a colon (:).

COBDATA is considered set if there is an environment variable of this name in your environment space, and its value is non-empty.

The full mapping order for files is:

  1. Any dd_ environment mappings
  2. Any ASSIGN TO EXTERNAL mappings
  3. Any COBDATA environment variable mappings

For multiple directory paths specified either in the COBDATA environment variable or a dd_ environment variable, the system searches the first directory specified followed by a slash (/) as a prefix to the user name.

If the filename is not found, or is not readable, the search continues with the next directory until the final directory has been searched. If no file is found, the first directory is used if a file is to be created.

Any dd_ and COBDATA mappings are ignored for any filename that starts with a hyphen () or a slash (/). In addition, it is illegal to have a hyphen in an environment variable name.

When using this facility, you should not use a filename that starts with "COB... "(these are reserved for the COBOL system).

You can use the COBDATA environment variable for files open in any mode (including OUTPUT) and for fixed or variable length files. If you are using indexed files, both the data and index files must be in the same directory.

The COBDATA environment variable affects file deletes, using the rules given here, as well as file opens.

If you intend to use COBOL development system programs, we recommend that you first unset COBDATA, as many of these programs open data files and are thus affected by the value of COBDATA. If you have to set COBDATA, you should include the paths :$COBDIR/dynload/helptbox.lbr and :$COBDIR/dynload/check.lbr at the beginning of the COBDATA value. If you want to see the Animator Help pages, also include COBDIR/dynload/advanim.lbr.

Note: Users modernizing RM/COBOL or ACUCOBOL-GT legacy code can use a sub-path in the file assignment, but only by compiling with the relevant DIALECT or IDXFORMAT values for the respective File Handling systems; setting these values in the File Handling configuration file is not sufficient to achieve this.

Example

SET COBDATA=:demo:/home/data:progs

causes COBDATA to be set to instruct the run-time system to search for data files in the current directory, then in the directory ./demo, then in the directory /home/data and finally in ./progs.

COBDIR
Specifies the directory where Enterprise Server is installed. Many system components and utilities require and use this information.
Syntax
COBDIR=path-name
Parameter
path-name
The directory that contains the required Micro Focus COBOL system software.
Default
Not set. The default path is %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL /opt/microfocus/VisualCOBOL .
Comments

The Micro Focus COBOL system is normally installed in the default COBOL system directory and so does not require COBDIR to be set. COBDIR only needs to be set when your COBOL system has been installed in a different directory such as when more than one version of the COBOL system is available at the same time.

Example

This example causes the compiler to search the directory C:\products\cobse20 for the Micro Focus COBOL system software:

COBDIR=C:\products\cobse20
COBJVM

Specifies which Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to load.

Syntax
SET COBJVM=platform_nnn

Parameters

platform_nnn where

platform is a threecharacter code that indicates the platform on which you are running Server Express, for example:
  • ibm IBM AIX
  • unx SCO UnixWare
  • sun Oracle SPARC
nnn indicates the version of the JVM, for example:
  • 122 Version 1.2.2
  • 130 Version 1.3.0

Comments

You might need to set COBJVM if you are developing distributed applications with both COBOL and Java components.

Example

SET COBJVM=ibm_122
COBKEYTIMEOUT

Specifies the maximum elapsed time, in tenths of a second, for the connected terminal to transmit any valid escape sequence to the run-time system.

When a terminal key is depressed, the terminal might send in response a single character or a group of characters to the run-time system. Typically, such a group of characters starts with an escape character and the group of characters is known as an escape sequence. A terminal might send an escape sequence for one depression of a function key. It might also send the same sequence of characters for a depression of the Escape key followed by the depression of one or more alphabetic or numeric data keys. The only difference apparent to the run-time system is the interval between the arrival of each character; the user cannot type as fast as the escape sequence is generated by the terminal.

If a terminal is connected over a network that sends the characters to the run-time system in discrete packets, then the network can alter the intervals between each character arriving at the run-time system. COBKEYTIMEOUT is available to help compensate for typical network delays so the run-time system identifies escape sequences correctly.

Syntax

SET COBKEYTIMEOUT=n

Parameters

n A number in the range 1 through 126 that represents the maximum elapsed time required for a terminal to transmit any valid escape sequence to the run-time system over the line or network connection. On encountering a lone Escape character, the run-time system waits n tenths of a second before assuming that the character does not introduce an escape sequence. The run-time system calculates an appropriate default value for n from the baud rate of the terminal.

COBLANG
The language environment in which your COBOL program runs.
Values
  • A COBOL language environment (LE) value.
COBLPFORM
This configuration variable is used to define and print to printer channels C01-C12. Specify the line numbers for each channel with the COBLPFORM configuration variable. Null entries are ignored. Those channels that have line number zero, function-names S01-S052, CSP, or are undefined, are set to line 1.

Example 1:

COBLPFORM 1:3:5:7:9:11:13:15:17:19:21:23

In this example C01 equals 1, C02 equals 3, and so on.

Example 2:

COBLPFORM :3::5: :9

In this example, C01 equals 3, C02 equals 5, C03 equals 1, and C04 equals 9. You can specify only a single line number for each channel.

In example 2 above, channels C05 - C12 are undefined. If a print statement specifies channel C05 - C12, the line is printed at line 1. In addition, in the example shown, C03 equals 1 because its value is a space and therefore undefined.

Any WRITE BEFORE/AFTER PAGE statements cause positioning to be at line 1. Each line advance increases the line number by one. A request to skip to a line number less than or equal to the current line causes a new page to begin. The appropriate number of line feeds are then generated.

COBMAINSTACK
Note: This variable applies to native COBOL applications on UNIX, and Enterprise Server on both Windows and UNIX.

This variable is used to specify the size of the main stack.

Syntax

SET COBMAINSTACK=n

Parameters

n - The size, in bytes, of the stack.

Comments:

The main stack size defaults to three times the size of a threaded stack. The size of a threaded stack is either specified when the stack is created (using CBL_THREAD_CREATE), or it defaults to 160KB for a 32-bit application or 320KB for a 64-bit application.

You might need to set COBMAINSTACK in any of the following circumstances:

  • If you are deploying native OO COBOL Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) to WebSphere on the AIX platform.
  • If you are using the multi-threaded run-time system.
  • If you have IF STATEMENTS with a very large number of ELSE clauses.
  • If you have a large amount of local-storage data.
COBPATH

Specifies the directory or directories that the run-time system is to search for dynamically loadable .int and .gnt files, or callable shared objects.

Syntax

SET COBPATH=pathname[:pathname]...

Parameters

pathname A list of search directories, each item separated by a semicolon, that the run-time system is to search for a dynamically loadable program (.int, .gnt or callable shared object) file. When more than one pathname is specified, a null pathname represents the current working directory.

Example

SET COBPATH=u:/home/mydir/srclib:otherlib
COBPRFDIR
Location of .ipf files created by programs compiled with the PROFILE compiler directive.
Values
  • A list of search directories, each item separated by a semicolon.
COBSW
Specifies the run-time system switch settings for the run-time system to observe when running an application.

Syntax

SET COBSW=[+/-}s...
Parameters

A list of the run-time switches to set or unset.

  • + sets a switch.
  • - un-sets a switch.

Example

SET COBSW=+0+D

This enables run-time switch 0 and the ANSI COBOL debug switch.

D

DB2DBDFT
The default database for the DB2 SQL precompiler to process SQL statements against.

Values

  • The location and name of the default database.

E

ENTRYNAMEMAP
Specifies the locations of entry name map files to be used.

Syntax

SET ENTRYNAMEMAP={filename|directory}; ...

Parameters

filename An entry map file.

directory A directory containing an entry name map file. The name of the entry name map file must be mfentmap.dat.

Comments

You must set the entry_name_mapper tunable to enable entry point mapper support.

If ENTRYNAMEMAP is not set, the run-time system searches for an entry name map file called mfentmap.dat in each folder specified by the COBDIR environment variable.

If the run-time system finds more than one entry name map file and same entry point is defined differently in different files, precedence is given to the definition in the entry name map file that was found first. To change the order in which the run-time system finds entry name map files you need to change the order in which the files appear in the COBDIR or ENTRYNAMEMAP environment variable paths.

ES_CERT_REG
Specifies the directory in which the cascertreg user certificate utility should store its registrations.
Syntax
SET ES_CERT_REG=pathname
Values

pathname Pathname of the directory where registrations are stored.

Default

By default no directory is specified. In this case it must be specified on the cascertreg command.

Controls the CICS PCT resource class.
Syntax
ES_CLASS_XPCT={YES|NO|class-name
Parameters
YES
ACICSPCT is the default PCT class.
NO
Security for PCTs is bypassed.
class-name
The name of a class to override the default PCT ACICSPCT class.
Default
ES_CLASS_XPCT=YES
Comments
Micro Focus recommends that you use the Advanced Region Properties page in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) interface to configure this environment variable. See Advanced Region Properties for more information.
ES_CONSOLE_LOG (deprecated)
Sends console messages to the Windows Event Log.
Note: ES_CONSOLE_LOG is deprecated, and provided for backward compatibility only. We recommend that you use MFDS configuration options instead.
Syntax
ES_CONSOLE_LOG=port
export ES_CONSOLE_LOG
Values

Can be any combination of the following:

  • I - Send informational messages to the Windows Event Log.
  • W - Send warning messages to the Windows Event Log.
  • E - Send error messages to the Windows Event Log.
  • S - Send severe messages to the Windows Event Log.
Default
If this is not set, console messages are not sent to the Windows Event Log.
ES_DB_FH

Enables or disables database file handler support. This is required if your data files are stored in a datastore, or your enterprise server region stores some of its resources in a database; see Micro Focus Native Database File Handling and Enterprise Server Region Database Management for more information.

Syntax

SET ES_DB_FH=value

Values

  • Y|y|true - file handling is directed through the Micro Focus Database File Handler (MFDBFH).
  • N|n|false - database file handler support is disabled.

Default

Database file handler support is disabled.

Note: Micro Focus recommends that you use the Advanced Region Properties page in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) interface to configure this environment variable. See Advanced Region Properties for more information.
ES_DB_SERVER

Specify the name of the database server to be used for region database operations.

There also needs to be a corresponding <server> entry for the database server within the configuration file specified by the MFDBFH_CONFIG environment variable. <dsn> entries for the region, cross-region and master databases must also be specified in the configuration file to enable use of region database operations.

Syntax

SET ES_DB_SERVER=server-instance

Values

server-instance is the name of a valid database server instance. For example, set ES_DB_SERVER=MYSERVER.

Default

Not set.

Example

Using the example above, you would be required to have something similar to that below in your database configuration file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
<datastores usevault="false">
   <server name="MYSERVER" type="sqlserver" access="odbc"> 
       <dsn name="SS.MYMASTER" type="database" dbname="master"/> 
       <dsn name="SS.CAS.ESDEMO" type="region.cas" region="ESDEMO" feature="all"/> 
       <dsn name="SS.CAS.CROSSREGION" type="crossregion.cas"/>
   </server> 
</datastores>
Note: Micro Focus recommends that you use the Advanced Region Properties page in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) interface to configure this environment variable. See Advanced Region Properties for more information.
ES_DDBG_PORT_RANGE
A range of ports to use for dynamic debugging.
You specify a range of port numbers using either a hyphen or a comma.

If you use a hyphen, the values you specify are the start and the end of the port range, and the second port number must be greater than the first.

If you specify a comma, the values you specify are the start of the port range and the number of ports available from the start of the range.

Syntax
ES_DDBG_PORT_RANGE=value
Values
  • low_port-high_port

    or

  • low_port,number_of_ports
Default
If this is not set, dynamic debugging will use random ports.

Examples

The following definition specifies that ports 8001 through 8040 are to be used:

ES_DDBG_PORT_RANGE=8001-8040

The following definition specifies the same ports but using a different format:

ES_DDBG_PORT_RANGE=8001,40
Note: Micro Focus recommends that you use the Advanced Region Properties page in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) interface to configure this environment variable. See Advanced Region Properties for more information.
ES_ESM_DISABLE_DFLTUSER_ESMAC
Allows you to disable the default ESMAC user in order to increase the security of your server. Disables the DEFAULT button on the logon screen and forces users to always enter a valid userid and password.

Syntax

ES_ESM_DISABLE_DFLTUSER_ESMAC=value

Values

  • Y|y - Default ESMAC user is disabled.

Default

Default ESMAC user is not disabled.

Note: Micro Focus recommends that you use the Advanced Region Properties page in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) interface to configure this environment variable. See Advanced Region Properties for more information.
ES_DISABLE_DFLTUSR_SIGNON
Disables the default user ("mfuser") signon when invoking ES Monitor & Control (ESMAC).
Syntax
ES_DISABLE_DFLTUSR_SIGNON=value
Values
  • Y or y Having logged on to ES administration via your MFDS internal security account, you no longer receive the auto logon as "mfuser" when accessing ESMAC.
Default
If this is not set, mfuser will be used as the default user to sign in to ESMAC.
Note: Micro Focus recommends that you use the Advanced Region Properties page in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) interface to configure this environment variable. See Advanced Region Properties for more information.
ES_ESMAC_DISP_MAX_OVERRIDE
Limits the number of lines shown when viewing an individual catalog entry in the ESMAC catalog view or when viewing a SYSOUT file from the job list view.
Syntax
ES_ESMAC_DISP_MAX_OVERRIDE=value
Value
  • An integer number denoting how many lines to display. The maximum number is 99999.
Default
10000
Note: Micro Focus recommends that you use the Advanced Region Properties page in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) interface to configure this environment variable. See Advanced Region Properties for more information.
ES_HSF_CFG
Enables you to configure a number of additional fields to appear in the HSF record displayed in the .csv file (cashsf-a.csv or cashsf-b.csv).

Syntax

SET ES_HSF_CFG=cfg-options

Parameters

Define cfg-options using the following syntax:
field_name=value;[field_name=value;]...
using the following values:
Field name Range Default
CUSTOM 0-5 0
CICSF 0-20 5
TSQ 0-20 5
TDQ 0-20 5
Note: If a field is not explicitly set, or the value specified is out of range, the default value for the field is used.

For example: ES_HSF_CFG=CUSTOM=2;CICSF=10;TSQ=32 generates 2 custom fields, 10 CICS file fields, 5 TSQ fields and 5 TDQ fields.

Custom fields are written to using the ES_WRITE_CUSTOM_HSF library routine.

ES_IMS_LINKAGE_NULL[8]
When an IMS program passes more linkage addresses than there are PCBs in the PSB, sets each extraneous linkage address to a value of NULL.
Syntax
ES_IMS_LINKAGE_NULL={Y|N}
Parameter
Y
Sets each extraneous linkage address to a value of NULL.
N
Extraneous linkage addresses are invalid.
Default
ES_IMS_LINKAGE_NULL=N
ES_LOCKDB

Specifies the region database that is to process resource locking (step- and system-scoped ENQs) for an enterprise server within a cluster, where resources (such as spool queues and catalogs) are deployed to a database.

Syntax

SET ES_LOCKDB=region-db

Parameters

region-db
region-db is the name of the region database responsible for processing step- and system-scoped ENQs.
ES_MAX_CATALOG_LINES
Restricts the number of entries displayed in ESMAC catalog view.
Syntax
ES_MAX_CATALOG_LINES=number
Values
  • number The number of lines to display. The maximum is 99999.
Default
The default is 5000.
Note: Micro Focus recommends that you use the Advanced Region Properties page in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) interface to configure this environment variable. See Advanced Region Properties for more information.
Specifies the maximum size of the HTTP response sent by Enterprise Server.
Syntax
ES_MAX_HTTP_OUT=value
Parameter
value
A number representing the maximum size of the HTTP response in bytes.
Default
ES_MAX_HTTP_OUT=
Comments
In earlier releases, the size of the HTTP response was controlled by the HTTP Out field on the ESCWA ES Control page.

Micro Focus recommends that you use the Advanced Region Properties page in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) interface to configure this environment variable. See Advanced Region Properties for more information.

ES_MEM_STRATEGY
Selects the types of memory processes supported.
Note: Note that memory strategy can also be set via the memory_strategy run-time tunable.
Specifies the server address is used by casstart when the /m parameter is not provided.
Syntax
Parameters
Default
Comments
ES_OLD_SEC_TSTD
Prevents security being enforced for TS or TD queues that are not declared in the security repository.
Syntax
SET ES_OLD_SEC_TSTD=value
Values
  • Any value.
Default
By default security is enforced for TS or TD queues that are not declared in the security repository.
ES_PRODUCTION
Prevents the initiation of a debugging session from the IDE.
ES_PROG_PATH
Determines whether to display the program's load path in the JESYSMSG and SYSLOG datasets.
Note: Applies to native enterprise server regions only.
Syntax
ES_PROG_PATH={Y|N}
Parameters
Y
Display the program's load path in the JESYSMSG and SYSLOG datasets.
N
Do not display the program's load path in the JESYSMSG and SYSLOG datasets.
Properties
Default: None
ES_RLS_FILE_SUPPORT
If a record is locked because a program is doing a read for update, and the application needs to ensure that no other program can access that record, you can set this environment variable to avoid returning a dirty record until the program holding the lock has completed. The timeout in fileshare also needs to be set to 0 using /t 0 in the fileshare configuration file.

Syntax

SET ES_RLS_FILE_SUPPORT=value

Values

  • Y|y - Stops dirty records being returned when a record is locked by another process.

Default

RLS file support is off.

ES_SEP_DORMANT_TIME
Allows override of Transient SEP dormant time. Rather than automatically terminating transient SEPs on completion of a stateful request, the server manager allows a period of inactivity before scheduling their termination. This allows new requests to re-use the SEP rather than starting a new instance. This environment variable allows the period of inactivity to be controlled.

Syntax

ES_SEP_DORMANT_TIME=seconds

Values

  • seconds Number of seconds' inactivity.

Default

Transient SEPs are terminated after 2 seconds of inactivity.

Note: Micro Focus recommends that you use the Advanced Region Properties page in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) interface to configure this environment variable. See Advanced Region Properties for more information.
ES_SERVER
The default server name (used if no -r switch is specified on casstart or casstop).

Syntax

ES_SERVER=name

Values

  • name The server name.

Default

ESDEMO/ESDEMO64

Specifies the location of the SNA traces written by the z/OS communication manager.
Syntax
ES_SNATRC_DIR=path-name
Parameter
path-name
The full path to the location of SNA traces.
Default
Not set.
Comments
You must set this environment variable before you start the region to ensure that the SNA trace files are written to a valid directory.

This directory is then used to set up the SNA environment variables SNAMSG and SNATRC to appropriate values.

ES_SYSOUT_HOLD
Determines whether the status of the SYSOUT files are set to Out Hold.
Syntax
ES_SYSOUT_HOLD={Y|N}
Parameters
Y
The status of the SYSOUT files are set to Out Hold.
N
The status of the SYSOUT files are not set to Out Hold.
Properties
Default: None
ES_USR_DFLT_ESMAC
Allows you to override the default user when no user is logged on for ESMAC authentication.

Syntax

SET ES_USR_DFLT_ESMAC=user

Values

  • user - the default user name.

Default

mfuser

Note: Micro Focus recommends that you use the Advanced Region Properties page in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) interface to configure this environment variable. See Advanced Region Properties for more information.
Time that the client waits for a response from the Web service. Valid values are 0 to 65535 seconds.
Syntax
ES_WS_RUNAWAY_TIMEOUT=wait-time
Parameter
wait-time
Time in seconds that the client waits for a response from the Web service. Valid range is 0 through 65535.
Default
Not set.
ES_XA_LOG_SUPPRESS
Suppresses XA logging and the recovery of in-doubt XA transactions.

Syntax

ES_XA_LOG_SUPPRESS=value

Values

  • Y|y - XA logging is suppressed.

Default

By default no value is specified and XA logging is not suppressed.

Note: Micro Focus recommends that you use the Advanced Region Properties page in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) interface to configure this environment variable. See Advanced Region Properties for more information.
EXTFH
Specifies a configuration file for the Callable File Handler.

Syntax

SET EXTFH=filename.cfg

Parameters

filename.cfg The name of the configuration file.

Example

SET EXTFH=/home/mydir/myconfig.cfg

F

FHREDIR
Specifies a configuration file to be used by the Fileshare Client.

Syntax

SET FHREDIR=filename.cfg

Parameters

filename.cfg The name of the configuration file.

Example

SET FHREDIR=/home/mydir/myconfig.cfg
FS

Specifies a configuration file to be used by the Fileshare Server.

Syntax

SET FS=filename.cfg

Parameters

filename.cfg The name of the configuration file.

Example

SET FS=myconfig.cfg
FSCOMMS
Specifies that the Fileshare system is to run in single user mode.

Syntax

SET FSCOMMS="\$local"

Parameters

"\$local" Run the Fileshare System in single user mode.

I

ISPPROF
The location of ISPF dialog profiles.

J

JAVA_HOME
Specifies the location of the JDK.
JCLTEMP_DIR [6]
Enables you to specify a separate location for the JCLTEMP directory.
Syntax
JCLTEMP_DIR=path
Parameter
path
The full or relative path to the location of your JCLTEMP directory.
Default
Not set. Uses the directory specified by MFBSI_DIR.

L

LIB
The location of the DB2 LIB directory.

M

MF_AMODE31ONLY
Indicates that all programs are AMODE(31).
Specifies whether classic COBOL style options are in effect.
Syntax
MF_LE_CBLOPTS={Y|N}
Parameters
Y
Enables classic COBOL style options.
N
Disables classic COBOL style options.
Default
MF_LE_CBLOPTS=N
Comments
When disabled, or when the dialect is ENTCOBOL, or when the language is not COBOL, PARM syntax is of the following form:
[run-time-options] [/program-options];

Otherwise, the syntax is of the form:

[program-options] [/run-time-options]
MF_ROOT_CERT
Enables the MF Directory Server process and any client applications to pick up the value of the root certificate file.
MF_USESCA5
Specifies that the server should use version 5 of the Open Service Component Architecture.
Values:
  • ON (Default)
  • OFF
Specifies the charset used in the HTTP header returned by ESMAC.
Syntax
MFACCCGI_CHARSET=iana-string
Parameter
iana-string
An IANA-defined charset string.
Default
MFACCCGI_CHARSET=windows-1252
MFALLOC_PROP
Rules for generated PC dataset names on allocation (that is, the default catalog PC DSN format).
MFAUDIT_LOGS
The location of audit files.
MFCODESET_DBCSDIR
Set this variable to the location of a set of mapping files (.E2A and .A2E files) required for an application to perform ASCII/EBCDIC conversions of certain double-byte character sets.
If this variable is not set, the application looks in the etc/codeset sub-directory of the product installation directory to locate the files required for the inbuilt support. (The support covers codesets 81, 82, 86, 886, and 941.)
However, certain deployed applications do not require a full COBOL Server product to be available (for example, .NET COBOL applications, JVM COBOL applications, and native self-contained applications), and so cannot utilize the inbuilt translation support provided by a full product. In these cases, you must deploy the mapping files with the application, and use this variable to locate the files at run time. You only need to deploy the .E2A and .A2E files appropriate to the codeset(s) you require.
MFCSCFG
Specifies a configuration file to be used by the Client/Server Binding client program.

Syntax

SET MFCSCFG=filename

Parameters

filename The name of the configuration file.

Example

SET MFCSCFG=/home/mydir/mfclisrv.cfg

Comments

The value of MFCSCFG is overridden by any value defined in the command line. If neither of the above yields a filename, the default filename mfclisrv.cfg is assumed, and is searched for in the current directory. If that in turn is not found, the default settings for the configuration entries are used.

MFDBFH_CONFIG

Specifies the location and the name of the configuration file that defines the database server instances and associated databases.

Syntax

SET MFDBFH_CONFIG=value

Values

value represents the full path and filename of your database configuration file.

Default

Not set.

MFDBFH_GRANT_USER_PERMISSIONS

Grants execute privileges to specific users or roles, for types and procedures that are created when configuring an Oracle database for MFDBFH access.

Syntax

MFDBFH_GRANT_USER_PERMISSIONS=value

Values

value is a space-separated list of users and/or roles that will be granted to execute privileges to the types and procedures created by MFDBFH.

Default

Not set.

Notes

If the variable is not specified, the Oracle default permissions are applied, which are to grant execute permissions to the schema owner of that type/procedure only.

This variable has no effect on permissions for any other database provider used with MFDBFH.

MFDBFH_RECORD_LOCKING

Specifies the type of record locking that it is to be used when the database file handler is in effect.

Syntax

SET MFDBFH_RECORD_LOCKING=table|database

Parameters

table
A file's record locks are held in a seperate lock table. (When using this locking mode, the behavior of record locking COBOL file operations closely follows the same behavior when using Fileshare.)
database
The native record locking mechanism of the database engine is used to establish and test locks on the data file records. This method improves performance, but at the cost of the locking behavior not exactly matching that of traditional COBOL record locking; see Record Locking Strategies for more information.

Default

MFDBFH_RECORD_LOCKING=table
Note: If the value of this variable is set to anything other than 'database', this default is used.
MFDBFH_SCRIPT_DIR

Specifies the location of the scripts and stored procedures required when the database file handler is in effect.

Syntax

SET MFDBFH_SCRIPT_DIR=value

Values

value represents a path to the directory containing the required resources.

Default

value defaults to the \etc\mfdbfh\scripts sub directory of your product installation directory.

MFDBFH_VAULT
Specifies the name of a secrets vault (which must be defined in the product's secrets.cfg file). If this environment variable is not set, MFDBFH uses the default vault, as defined in secrets.cfg.

For more information on secrets vaults, see Vault Facility.

Syntax

SET MFDBFH_VAULT=value

Values

value represents the name of a vault.

Default

Not set.

MFCROW_DISABLE
Turn off common directives, preventing compilers from using directives found in directives.mf files.
Syntax
SET MFCROW_DISABLE={Y|N}
Parameters
Y
Compilers do not use directives in directives.mf files.
N
Compilers use directives in directives.mf files (default).
Enables SMS support.
Syntax
Parameters
Default
MFEXTMAP
Location of a mapper file.
MFLECONFIG

Specifies a configuration file for Language Environment (LE) run-time options.

Syntax

SET MFLECONFIG=filename

Parameters

filename The file containing the LE run-time options you want to use.

MFLOCKING
Enables Locking Support.
MFLOGDIR
Specifies a directory to be used by Client/Server Binding for log files.

Syntax

SET MFLOGDIR=dirname

Parameters

dirname The name of the directory for log files.

Example

SET MFLOGDIR=/home/mydir/logs
MFPRELOAD_USE
Calls MFPRELOAD to improve performance.
MFRU_NOINHERIT
Determines if processes are registered in shared memory during initialisation of the run-time system. COBRT105 errors can occur during initialisation if a very large number of COBOL processes are running and there are no available slots in the shared memory segment - setting this variable to Y or TRUE skips the registration process. However, when set to Y, various run-time settings (switches, shared memory, console window settings, etc...) are no longer inherited by any child processes.

When the variable is not set (which is the default), the registration process is not skipped.

Syntax

SET MFRU_NOINHERIT=Y|TRUE

The default is that the variable is not set.

MFSUB
Specifies whether to use SUBI or ASUBI.
Values
  • SUBI
  • ASUBI
MFSYSCATDIR
The location of the system catalog directory.
MFTRACE_ANNOTATIONS
The location of the trace files.
MFTRACE_CONFIG
The location of the CTF configuration file.
MFTRACE_LOGS
The location of the CTF log files.
MFTSO_DEBUG
Controls the display of debug messages.
MFUSER
The default User ID.
MULTMFENTMAP
Specifies whether special characters such as < and & are replaced with the equivalent HTML entities (for example &lt; and &amp;).

O

OOSW
OO run-time switches.

S

SORTCOMPRESS
Tells the system whether or not to execute a compression routine on each record to be sorted.

Syntax

SET SORTCOMPRESS=n

Parameters

n - An integer that indicates if compression is enabled or not. 0 (zero, the default) indicates not enabled; any positive integer indicates enabled. When enabled, it allows for run-length encoding of sort records, resulting in much better performance when records contain multiple repeated characters.

Comments

This variable is recommended if the sort records contain many single repeated characters, for example, multiple spaces, as it can be very effective in improving memory usage and therefore sort performance.

Example

SET SORTCOMPRESS=5
SORTEXITREENTRY
Determines whether E15 user exits will be called after the SORTIN data set has been exhausted. [9]
Syntax
SORTEXITREENTRY={ON|OFF}
Parameter
ON
Within Enterprise Server, MFJSORT will continue to call E15 user exit programs until a return code of 8 has been returned, even after the SORTIN data set has been fully read.
OFF
E15 user exit programs are not called once the SORTIN data set has been read.
Default
SORTEXITREENTRY=OFF
SORTSCHEME
Activates a sortscheme. Use in conjunction with SORTSPACE for improved performance.

Syntax

SET SORTSCHEME=1
Values
  • SORTSCHEME=1 - this is the only valid value for the environment variable. See SORTSPACE for more information.
SORTSPACE
The amount of memory to be allocated to internal workspace for SORT operations. This can be specified in different formats: for example, you could specify 64M, 2G, and 1000000 to give sort memory areas of 64 Megabytes, 2 Gigabytes and 1000000 bytes respectively.

Syntax

SET SORTSPACE=n[K|k|M|m|G|g]

Parameters

n[K|k|M|m|G|g The amount of memory to be allocated to internal workspace for SORT operations. K or k indicates kilobytes, M or m indicates megabytes and G or g indicates gigabytes. No letter indicates bytes. Defaults to 1 megabyte.

Comments

A larger value for SORTSPACE will generally result in a faster sort. However, if you specify a value that exceeds the capacity of main memory in your computer, such that the operating system has to page memory in and out, performance will be degraded.

Example

SET SORTSPACE=1024K

SORTTEMPSPACE
Specifies the amount of memory to be allocated to temporary workspace for SORT operations.

Syntax

SET SORTTEMPSPACE=n[K|k|M|m|G|g]

Parameters

n[K|k|M|m|G|g] The amount of memory to be allocated to temporary workspace for SORT operations. K or k indicates kilobytes, M or m indicates megabytes and G or g indicates gigabytes. No letter indicates bytes. 32 megabytes is the lowest amount of memory that can be allocated.

Comments

The memory allocation strategy used by SORT can be adjusted through use of SORTTEMPSPACE, which generally improves performance in systems suffering from memory fragmentation.

Example

SET SORTTEMPSPACE=250MB
SORTTYPE
Defines the sort type.

Syntax

SET SORTTYPE=2
Values
  • SORTTYPE=2 Forces SORT to use the file handler, so that format modifications are picked up from the extfh.cfg file.
  • Not setting this variable means that SORT will try to use CBL_ routines to read and write files to improve performance.
Note: 2 is the only valid value for this environment variable.

T

TXFILEP
The location of Micro Focus VSAM files. This can be a location on disk or a datastore location within a database. For database-hosted files, use the notation sql://host[/instance]/datastore[?folder=/path] - see The dbfhdeploy Command Line Utility for more information.

X

XFHLOG
Determines the location of the log file when the LOG option is active.

Syntax:

SET XFHLOG=DEFAULT

Parameters:

DEFAULT - generates the log file in the current directory.

Comments:

If the XFHLOG variable is not set, the log file is created in C:\ProgramData\Micro Focus\File Handler\[version-number].

where [version-number] represents the version of your Micro Focus product.

The effect of this variable can be overridden by the LOGFILENAME configuration option.