Creating a directives.mf file

directives.mf is a text file written in the style of .editorconfig, which is based on the .ini style. You can create and edit a directives.mf file using any text editor. The following list describes each component of directives.mf:

Comment: #

Place # at the start of a line to indicate a comment. Comments may wrap.

Attribute: @

Place @ at the start of a line to define a file attribute. For example, use @root to set the file as your root directives.mf.

GLOB pattern: [...]

Marks a block of directives that apply to source files matching the GLOB pattern. The GLOB pattern must include one or more file extensions. For example:

[*.{cbl,cob,CBL}]

or

[builtin.cbl]

The file extension specification(s) indicate the type of code and therefore which compiler to use.

Important: GLOB patterns are case sensitive.

Directive block

A list of directives to apply to compilation of sources that match the GLOB pattern, one directive per line. For example:

DIALECT(MF)
SOURCEFORMAT(VARIABLE)
SQL(BEHAVIOR=OPTIMIZED)

Variable: ${var-name}

Where var-name is a built-in variable for inserting platform-specific tokens, relative paths, and environment variables. The following are built-in variables:

Variable	UNIX	Windows
${root.dir}	/app/	C:\app\
${directives.dir}	/app/src/	C:\app\src\
${source.path}	/app/src/init.cbl	C:\app\src\init.cbl
${source.dir}	app/src/	C:\app\src\
${source.basename}	init.cbl	init.cbl
${source.name}	init	init
${source.ext}	.cbl	.cbl
${env.TERM}	xterm	xterm
${os.ds}	/	\
${os.ps}	:	;