VMS Help CMS, CREATE, ELEMENT, Description  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    The CREATE ELEMENT command creates the first generation of a new
    element by moving the input file into a CMS library. By default,
    CMS searches for the file in your current default directory.
    You can direct CMS to use a file in a different directory by
    specifying the /INPUT qualifier. After the element is created, CMS
    deletes all versions of the file used to create the new element.
    If you specify either the /KEEP or /RESERVE qualifiers, CMS does
    not delete the file.

    When you create an element, you can also define the history,
    concurrent, notes, position, reference copy, and review attributes
    for the element or establish a reservation.

    CMS stores the creation date and time, the revision date and time,
    file attributes, and the file revision number of the file used to
    create generation 1 of the new element. When you fetch or reserve
    a generation of an element, CMS restores the times, attributes,
    and file revision number associated with the file used to create
    the element generation. You can also display this information by
    using the SHOW GENERATION/FULL command.

    To change the creation remark associated with the element or
    generation 1 of the element, use the MODIFY ELEMENT or MODIFY
    GENERATION command, respectively.