The FDL$CREATE routine creates a file from an FDL specification
and then closes the file.
Format
FDL$CREATE fdl_desc [,filename] [,default_name] [,result_name]
[,fid_block] [,flags] [,stmnt_num] [,retlen] [,sts]
[,stv] [,default_fdl_desc]
1 – Returns
OpenVMS usage:cond_value
type: longword (unsigned)
access: write only
mechanism: by value
Longword condition value. Most utility routines return a
condition value in R0. Condition values that this routine can
return are listed under Condition Values Returned.
2 – Arguments
fdl_desc
OpenVMS usage:char_string
type: character-coded text string
access: read only
mechanism: by descriptor-fixed-length string descriptor
The fdl_desc argument is one of the following:
o A character string descriptor pointing to a file containing
the FDL specification to be parsed
o A character string containing the actual FDL specification
The choice depends on the application making the call. For
example, if the application wants to create data files that are
compatible with a PC application, it might create the following
FDL file and name it TRANSFER.FDL:
FILE
ORGANIZATION sequential
RECORD
FORMAT stream_lf
The application could then include the address of the FDL file as
the fdl_desc argument to the FDL$PARSE call:
call fdl$parse transfer.fdl , . . .
Optionally, the application might code the FDL specification
itself into the call using a quoted character string as the fdl_
desc argument:
call fdl$parse "FILE; ORG SEQ; FORMAT STREAM_LF;" , . . .
Note that directly including the FDL specification into the call
requires you to do the following:
o Enclose the fdl_desc argument in quotation marks
o Use a semicolon to delimit statements within the fdl_desc
argument
o Assign the symbol FDL$M_FDL_STRING as the flags mask value
filename
OpenVMS usage:char_string
type: character-coded text string
access: read only
mechanism: by descriptor-fixed-length string descriptor
Name of the OpenVMS RMS file to be created using the FDL
specification. The filename argument is the address of a
character string descriptor pointing to the RMS file name.
This name overrides the default_name parameter given in the FDL
specification.
default_name
OpenVMS usage:char_string
type: character-coded text string
access: read only
mechanism: by descriptor-fixed-length string descriptor
Default name of the file to be created using the FDL
specification. The default_name argument is the address of a
character string descriptor pointing to the default file name.
This name overrides any name given in the FDL specification.
result_name
OpenVMS usage:char_string
type: character-coded text string
access: write only
mechanism: by descriptor-fixed-length string descriptor
Resultant name of the file created by FDL$CREATE. The result_name
argument is the address of a character string descriptor that
receives the resultant file name.
fid_block
OpenVMS usage:vector_longword_unsigned
type: longword (unsigned)
access: write only
mechanism: by reference
File identification of the RMS file created by FDL$CREATE. The
fid_block argument is the address of an array of longwords that
receives the RMS file identification information. The first
longword contains the FID_NUM, the second contains the FID_
SEQ, and the third contains the FID_RVN. They have the following
definitions:
FID_ The location of the file on the disk. Its value can
NUM range from 1 up to the number of files the disk can
hold.
FID_ The file sequence number, which is the number of times
SEQ the file number has been used.
FID_ The relative volume number, which is the volume number
RVN of the volume on which the file is stored. If the file
is not stored on a volume set, the relative volume
number is 0.
flags
OpenVMS usage:mask_longword
type: longword (unsigned)
access: read only
mechanism: by reference
Flags (or masks) that control how the fdl_desc argument is
interpreted and how errors are signaled. The flags argument is
the address of a longword containing the control flags (or a
mask). If you omit this argument or specify it as 0, no flags are
set. The following table shows the flags and their meanings:
Flag Function
FDL$V_FDL_ Interprets the fdl_desc argument as an FDL
STRING specification in string form. By default, the
fdl_desc argument is interpreted as the file
name of an FDL file.
FDL$V_LONG_ Returns the RESULT_NAME using the long result
NAMES name from a long name access block (NAML). By
default, the RESULT_NAME is returned from the
short fields of a name access block (NAM) and
thus may have a generated specification.
This flag is valid for OpenVMS Alpha only.
FDL$V_SIGNAL Signals any error. By default, the status code
is returned to the calling image.
By default, an error status is returned rather than signaled.
stmnt_num
OpenVMS usage:longword_unsigned
type: longword (unsigned)
access: write only
mechanism: by reference
FDL statement number. The stmnt_num argument is the address
of a longword that receives the FDL statement number. If the
routine finishes successfully, the stmnt_num argument is the
number of statements in the FDL specification. If the routine
does not finish successfully, the stmnt_num argument receives
the number of the statement that caused the error. Note that line
numbers and statement numbers are not the same and that an FDL
specification in string form has no "lines."
retlen
OpenVMS usage:longword_unsigned
type: longword (unsigned)
access: write only
mechanism: by reference
Number of characters returned in the result_name argument. The
retlen argument is the address of a longword that receives this
number.
sts
OpenVMS usage:longword_unsigned
type: longword_unsigned
access: write only
mechanism: by reference
RMS status value FAB$L_STS. The sts argument is the address of
a longword that receives the status value FAB$L_STS from the
$CREATE system service.
stv
OpenVMS usage:longword_unsigned
type: longword (unsigned)
access: write only
mechanism: by reference
RMS status value FAB$L_STV. The stv argument is the address of
a longword that receives the status value FAB$L_STV from the
$CREATE system service.
default_fdl_desc
OpenVMS usage:char_string
type: character-coded text string
access: read only
mechanism: by descriptor-fixed-length string descriptor
The default_fdl_desc argument is one of the following:
o A character string descriptor pointing to a file containing
the default FDL specification to be parsed
o A character string containing the actual default FDL
specification
See the description of the fdl_desc argument for details.
This argument allows you to specify default FDL attributes. In
other words, FDL$CREATE processes the attributes specified in
this argument unless you override them with the attributes you
specify in the fdl_desc argument.
You can code the FDL defaults directly into your program,
typically with an FDL specification in string form.
3 – Description
FDL$CREATE calls the FDL$PARSE routine to parse the FDL
specification. The FDL specification can be in a file or a
character string.
Source
of FDL
SpecificatAdvantages Disadvantages
FDL Variability; for File must be in default directory.
file example, if the Slower.
specification
changes
regularly, you
can revise the
file without
revising the
calling program.
Character You do not have Program must be recoded to change
string to be concerned FDL specification.
with locating a
file.
Faster access.
If the FDL specification is relatively simple and is not going
to change, put the FDL specification in a character string as the
fdl_desc argument to the call.
FDL$CREATE opens (creates) the specified RMS file and then closes
it without putting any data in it.
FDL$CREATE does not create the output file if an error status is
either returned or signaled.
4 – Condition Values Returned
RMS$_NORMAL Normal successful completion.
FDL$_ABKW Ambiguous keyword in statement
number<CRLF>reference-text.
FDL$_ABPRIKW Ambiguous primary keyword in statement
number<CRLF>reference-text.
FDL$_BADLOGIC Internal logic error detected.
FDL$_CLOSEIN Error closing filename as input.
FDL$_CLOSEOUT Error closing filename as output.
FDL$_CREATE Error creating filename.
FDL$_CREATED Filename created.
FDL$_CREATED_STM Filename created in stream format.
FDL$_FDLERROR Error parsing FDL file.
FDL$_ILL_ARG Wrong number of arguments.
FDL$_INSVIREM Insufficient virtual memory.
FDL$_INVBLK Invalid RMS control block at virtual address
'hex-offset'.
FDL$_MULPRI Multiple primary definition in statement
number.
FDL$_OPENFDL Error opening filename.
FDL$_OPENIN Error opening filename as input.
FDL$_OPENOUT Error opening filename as output.
FDL$_OUTORDER Key or area primary defined out of order in
statement number.
FDL$_READERR Error reading filename.
FDL$_RFLOC Unable to locate related file.
FDL$_SYNTAX Syntax error in statement number reference-
text.
FDL$_UNPRIKW Unrecognized primary keyword in statement
number<CRLF> reference-text.
FDL$_UNQUAKW Unrecognized qualifier keyword in statement
number<CRLF> reference-text.
FDL$_UNSECKW Unrecognized secondary keyword in statement
number<CRLF> reference-text.
FDL$_VALERR Specified value is out of legal range.
FDL$_VALPRI Value required on primary in statement number.
FDL$_WARNING Parsed with warnings.
FDL$_WRITEERR Error writing filename.
RMS$_ACT File activity precludes operation.
RMS$_CRE Ancillary control process (ACP) file create
failed.
RMS$_CREATED File was created, not opened.
RMS$_DNF Directory not found.
RMS$_DNR Device not ready or not mounted.
RMS$_EXP File expiration date not yet reached.
RMS$_FEX File already exists, not superseded.
RMS$_FLK File currently locked by another user.
RMS$_PRV Insufficient privilege or file protection
violation.
RMS$_SUPERSEDE Created file superseded existing version.
RMS$_WLK Device currently write locked.