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+"""Common functions for creating actions to build COBOL programs"""
+
+load("@bazel_skylib//lib:shell.bzl", "shell")
+
+def cobol_compile_executable(ctx, srcs, out):
+    """Compiles a single COBOL program from sources
+    
+    Args:
+        ctx: the build context
+        srcs: the source files to compile
+        out: the output file
+    """
+
+    ctx.actions.run_shell(
+        outputs = [out],
+        inputs = srcs,
+        command = "cobc -x -o {out} {srcs}".format(
+            out = shell.quote(out.path),
+            srcs = " ".join([shell.quote(src.path) for src in srcs]),
+        ),
+        mnemonic = "COBOLCompile",
+        use_default_shell_env = True,
+    )