HELPLIB.HLB  —  MESSAGE  /FILE_NAME
    Specifies whether the object module contains a pointer to a file
    containing message data.

    Format

      /FILE_NAME=file-spec

      /NOFILE_NAME

 file-spec

    Identifies a nonexecutable message file. The default device and
    directory for the file specification is SYS$MESSAGE and the
    default file type is .EXE. No wildcard characters are allowed
    in the file specification.

1  –  Examples

    1.$ MESSAGE COBOLMSG

      This MESSAGE command creates the message object module
      COBOLMSG.OBJ by compiling the message source file COBOLMSG.MSG.
      The default qualifier /NOFILE_NAME is implied.

    2.$ MESSAGE/FILE_NAME=COBOLMF COBOLMSG

      This MESSAGE command creates a message pointer file
      COBOLMSG.OBJ, which contains a pointer to the nonexecutable
      message file SYS$MESSAGE:COBOLMF.EXE.
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