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

    1.$ CREATE MEET.TXT
      John, Residents in the apartment complex will hold their annual
      meeting this evening.  We hope to see you there, Regards, Elwood
 <Ctrl/Z>

      The CREATE command in this example creates a text file named
      MEET.TXT in your default directory. The text file MEET.TXT
      contains the lines that follow until the Ctrl/Z.

    2.$ CREATE A.DAT, B.DAT
      Input line one for A.DAT...
      Input line two for A.DAT...
         .
         .
         .

 <Ctrl/Z>

      Input line one for B.DAT...
      Input line two for B.DAT...
         .
         .
         .

 <Ctrl/Z>

      $

      After you enter the CREATE command from the terminal, the
      system reads input lines into the sequential file A.DAT until
      Ctrl/Z terminates the first input. The next set of input data
      is placed in the second file, B.DAT. Again, Ctrl/Z terminates
      the input.

    3.$ FILE = F$SEARCH("MEET.TXT")
      $ IF FILE .EQS. ""
      $ THEN CREATE MEET.TXT
        John, Residents in the apartment complex will hold their annual
        meeting this evening.  We hope to see you there, Regards, Elwood
      $ ELSE TYPE MEET.TXT
      $ ENDIF
      $ EXIT

      In this example, the command procedure searches the default
      disk and directory for the file MEET.TXT. If the command
      procedure determines that the file does not exist, it creates a
      file named MEET.TXT using the CREATE command.