The Debugging Report is produced only when a serious error is encountered. It provides information that is helpful for debugging purposes. The Debugging Report displays the following:
Information about the current COBOL record being processed.
The image of the last input card read.
The card number.
An error message.
Consider the following COBOL input description:
01 DEBUG-REC.
02 FIELD1 PIC X(5) USAGE UNKNOWN.
The Translator creates the following Debugging Report from this input:
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* CTF SCAN ERROR *
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NAME OF RECORD
BEING PROCESSED DEBUG-REC
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LAST CARD READ 02 FIELD1 PIC X(5) USAGE UNKNOWN.
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CARD NUMBER 00002
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ERROR CODE FR006E
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ERROR TYPE COBOL SYNTAX ERROR - USAGE CLAUSE
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