1  CREATE
   Creates a file that can be used as a page, swap, or dump file.
   Normally, this command is used indirectly by executing the
   command procedure SYS$UPDATE:SWAPFILES.

   Format

     CREATE  file-spec
 

2  Parameter
 

file-spec

   The name of the file to be created.
 

2  Qualifiers
 

/CONTIGUOUS

      /CONTIGUOUS
      /NOCONTIGUOUS

   Specifies that the created file is either to be contiguous
   (/CONTIGUOUS) or contiguous-best-try (/NOCONTIGUOUS). The
   Primitive File System used during OpenVMS bootstrap limits the
   page, swap, and dump files to one file header. Because of this
   restriction, OpenVMS cannot be reliably bootstrapped from a bound
   volume set and is not supported on a bound volume set.
 

/SIZE

      /SIZE=block-count

   Specifies the size in blocks of the file to be created.
 

2  Example

 SYSGEN>  CREATE DISK$PAGE:[NODE1]PAGEFILE.SYS /SIZE=200000

     This command creates a file called PAGEFILE.SYS on the disk
     DISK$PAGE: in directory [NODE1]. This file is created as a
     contiguous-best-try file, which is the default. SYSGEN creates
     the file with 200,000 blocks, or allocates as many blocks on
     the disk as it can and displays a message warning that the file
     does not have the full allocation specified with the CREATE
     command.

     The file will not be used for paging or swapping until you use
     the SYSGEN command INSTALL specifying the file and how it is to
     be used.