The Create Logical Optical File (CRTLOFRDAR) command creates a logical optical file over a physical optical file. This allows you to define a different sequence for the records in the physical optical file , select some or all of the fields in the physical optical file, or to change the attributes of the fields in the physical file. The description for this logical file comes from the model file for this logical optical file.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
FILE	Logical optical file	Qualified object name	Required, Positional 1
	Qualifier 1: Logical optical file	Name
	Qualifier 2: Library	Name, *CURLIB
PRPAUT	Propagate authority	*YES, *NO	Optional

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Logical optical file (FILE)

Specifies the name of the logical optical file to create.

This is a required parameter.

Qualifier 1: Logical optical file

name

Specify the name of the logical optical file to be created.

Qualifier 2: Library

*CURLIB

The current library for the job is used to locate the logical optical file. If no library is specified as the current library for the job, QGPL is used.

name

Specify the name of the library where the logical optical file is located.

Propagate authority (PRPAUT)

Specifies whether the authority from the model file should be propagated to the newly created logical optical file.

*YES

The authority associated with the model file is propagated to the logical optical file.

*NO

No authority is propagated to the logical optical file. Public authority is *EXCLUDE and the object is owned by the user profile or the group profile that issued this command.

Examples

None

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

RDR5404

Optical File &1 not created in Library &2.