What is the difference between working storage copybook and
linkage section copybook?
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Answer / vinod
working storage copy book is temporal feilds and assign them
in dynamically on execution and where as linkage storage
copy book is to store permanent memory to related called sub
programs at its assigns the feild statically on before
passing the main program.
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Answer / ssampath
working storage is local and linkage is global
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Answer / nag(igate)
The working storage fields are used for the program to run
first time, whereas the Linkage section fields are used to
run the program more than once.
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Answer / karthik
Working storage copybook will get expanded during
compilation whereas linkage section copy book will get
expanded during translation. This is with respect to cics-
cobol program. The copybook EIBBlock gets included while
translation
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Answer / guest
Those data's that are declared in the WS-Section in main
program should be declared in the linkage section in the sub
or called program.
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