Microsoft KB Archive/62265

COBOL Does Not Update Date/Time Stamp on OBJ, Affects MAKE

PSS ID Number: Q62265 Article last modified on 04-20-1993

3.00 3.00a | 3.00 3.00a MS-DOS | OS/2

Summary: Microsoft COBOL Compiler versions 3.0 and 3.0a do not update date and time stamps on recompiled object files. Because of this, using a MAKE file with MAKE or NMAKE causes the file to be recompiled when no changes have been made to the source file. Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft COBOL Compiler versions 3.0 and 3.0a for MS-DOS and MS OS/2. This problem has been corrected in Microsoft COBOL Professional Development System version 4.0 for MS-DOS and MS OS/2. Note: COBOL version 4.0 comes with NMAKE version 1.12.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.00a Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.