CL Command Reference - CRTMSGF

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Description:

The Create Message File (CRTMSGF) command creates a user-defined message file for storing message descriptions. The message file should be stored in a library for which all users who are to use the predefined messages have authority. The system is shipped with the IBM-supplied message files, stored in the system library, QSYS: the CPF message file, QCPFMSG (for the OS/400 system and machine interface messages); and the licensed program message files, such as QRPGMSG (for RPG messages).


Examples:

CRTMSGF MSGF(INVLIB/INVMSGS)
TEXT(¡¯Inventory Application Messages¡¯)

This command creates a message file named INVMSGS in which predefined inventory application messages are stored. The file is stored in the library INVLIB, for which all users of the file must have *USE authority. Because the AUT parameter is defaulted, all users have *CHANGE authority for the file, meaning they can retrieve messages from the file.