1 /CONCURRENT (D)
Specifies whether this element can have multiple reservations.
After you have created the element, you grant or deny concurrent
access by using the MODIFY ELEMENT command.
2 /CONFIRM
Controls whether CMS prompts you for confirmation before each
transaction.
When you specify /CONFIRM and run CMS in interactive mode, CMS
prompts you for confirmation. If you type YES, ALL, TRUE, or 1,
CMS executes the transaction. If you type NO, QUIT, FALSE, 0,
or press RETURN or CTRL/Z, no action is performed. If you type
any other character, CMS continues to prompt until you type an
acceptable response.
CMS does not prompt for confirmation in batch mode.
3 /HISTORY="string"
Establishes the history attribute for the element. If an element
has the history attribute, its history is included in the file
when you retrieve it with the FETCH or RESERVE command.
The quoted string specifies the format of the history. The quoted
string must contain the characters #H or #B (lowercase is allowed)
and can contain other printing characters. To include a quotation
mark in the output history string, type it twice (""). To include
a number sign (#) in the output history string, type it twice
(##).
4 /INPUT[=file-specification]
Specifies the file to be used to create the element. When you
specify an alternative location for the input file, CMS deletes
the file from the alternative location (unless you specify /KEEP
or /RESERVE). If you do not specify this qualifier, CMS searches
your current default directory for a file with the same name as
specified with the element expression parameter on the command
line. Wildcards are allowed.
CMS must be able to create a unique element for each file in the
input file list. Thus, if you use wildcards in the /INPUT file
specification to specify more than one input file, you must also
use wildcards in the element-name parameter.
5 /KEEP
Controls whether CMS deletes all versions of the file used to
create the new element. If you specify /KEEP, CMS does not delete
the file.
6 /LOG (D)
Controls whether CMS displays success and informational messages
on the default output device. By default, if the command executes
successfully, CMS displays a success message. If you specify
/NOLOG, success and informational messages are suppressed. Any
warning, error, or fatal error messages are displayed regardless
of whether /LOG or /NOLOG is specified.
7 /NOTES="string"
Establishes the notes attribute for the element. If an element has
the notes attribute, notes are appended to the lines of the file
when it is retrieved by the FETCH or RESERVE command.
The quoted string specifies the format of the note. The quoted
string can contain text or the characters #G (or #g), or both. If
you specify /NOTES, you must also specify /POSITION.
8 /POSITION=n
Establishes the position attribute; that is, the character
position where the note generated by the /NOTES qualifier begins
on the line. The value n is required and must be an integer in
the range 1 to 511. The /NOTES qualifier is required with the
/POSITION qualifier.
The note is placed to the right of the text of the line. If the
length of the line is less than n, the note appears at position n.
If the length of the line is greater than or equal to n, the note
is placed at the next tab stop after the end of the line. (Tab
stops are at position 9 and every eight characters thereafter.)
9 /REFERENCE_COPY
10 /NOREFERENCE_COPY
Controls whether CMS maintains a reference copy of the element.
You must have established a reference copy directory.
The presence of the reference copy attribute for an element is
inherited from the library, that is, if a reference copy directory
is established for the library, by default, the attribute is
enabled for the element. You can override the reference copy
attribute by specifying /NOREFERENCE_COPY.
If a reference copy directory has been established for the CMS
library, CMS creates a reference copy of the new element and
updates the reference copy directory each time you create a new
main line generation of that element. When CMS places a file in
the reference copy directory, it also deletes any earlier versions
of that file in the reference copy directory.
11 /RESERVE
Controls whether the new element is to be reserved after it is
created. When you specify /RESERVE, CMS does not delete the file
used to create the element. Generation 1 of the newly created
element is automatically reserved.
If you omit both the /RESERVE and the /KEEP qualifiers, CMS
deletes all versions of the file used to create the element.
12 /REVIEW
Specifies that new generations of the element are marked for
review. By default, new generations of the element are marked
for review only if the reserved generation was either rejected
or has a review pending. If you specify CREATE ELEMENT/REVIEW,
generation 1 of the element is also marked for review.
You can change the review attribute with the MODIFY ELEMENT
command.
13 /BINARY
Controls whether CMS has to create an element of type binary
or text. When you specify this qualifier, CMS creates the element
in binary format irrespective of file properties.
If you do not specify this qualifier, CMS decides on its own
whether to create binary element or text element depending on
file properties.