The Remove Message Description (RMVMSGD) command removes a message description from the specified message file.

Note: A description of how to print a single message description or a group of message descriptions is in the section entitled Handling Messages in the Basic System Operation information in the iSeries Information Center at http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/infocenter.

Restrictions: You must have use (*USE) and delete (*DLT) authorities for the message file.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
MSGID	Message identifier	Name	Required, Positional 1
MSGF	Message file	Qualified object name	Required, Positional 2
	Qualifier 1: Message file	Name
	Qualifier 2: Library	Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB

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Message identifier (MSGID)

Specifies the message identifier of the message to be removed from the message file.

This is a required parameter.

Message file (MSGF)

Specifies the message file containing the message to be removed. Any message file overrides in effect for the job are ignored by this command; the file specified here is the one from which the message is removed.

This is a required parameter.

Qualifier 1: Message file

name

Specify the message file from which the message is to be removed.

Qualifier 2: Library

*LIBL

All libraries in the library list for the current thread are searched until the first match is found.

*CURLIB

The current library for the job is used to locate the message-file. If no current library entry exists in the library list, QGPL is used.

name

Specify the library where the message-file is located.

Examples

RMVMSGD   MSGID(UIN0115)  MSGF(INV)

This command removes the message description with the identifier UIN0115 from the message file named INV. The library list is used to find the INV file. Note that if more than one INV message file exists in the libraries being searched, the message description will only be removed from the first INV message file found in the library list.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPF2401

Not authorized to library &1.

CPF2407

Message file &1 in &2 not found.

CPF2411

Not authorized to message file &1 in &2.

CPF2419

Message identifier &1 not found in message file &2 in &3.

CPF2483

Message file currently in use.

CPF2499

Message identifier &1 not allowed.

CPF9830

Cannot assign library &1.