++INCLUDE Statement

To provide more compatibility with other COBOLs, ACUCOBOL-GT also supports the ++INCLUDE statement. This statement is very similiar in function, format, and syntax to the COPY statement described in COPY Statement. The differences from the COPY statement are:

• A terminating period is not required in ++INCLUDE
• ++INCLUDE can refer to only a single file, not to a library
• + +INCLUDE does not allow SUPPRESS
• ++INCLUDE does not allow NOLIST
• ++INCLUDE does not allow REPLACING

Filenames referenced by ++INCLUDE are searched for in the same way as COPY files.