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

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.