The -b option differs in the 10.0.x and 11.x versions of the Embedded SQL/C and Embedded SQL/COBOL precompiler:
For 11.1 and later versions of cpre and cobpre, the norebind attribute applies to all fetch statements of a given cursor whose declaration has been precompiled with the -b option.
For the 10.0.x versions of cpre and cobpre, the norebind attribute applies to all fetch statements in each Embedded SQL source file precompiled with -b, regardless of where the cursors were declared.
When you run cobpre, if you receive an error message such as “M_NO_INPUT_FILE Error,” verify that you have used the current input file name, and that you have typed all input parameters correctly (for example, /D).