1.$ MESSAGE COBOLMSG This MESSAGE command creates the message object module COBOLMSG.OBJ by compiling the message source file COBOLMSG.MSG. The default qualifier /NOFILE_NAME is implied. 2.$ MESSAGE/FILE_NAME=COBOLMF COBOLMSG This MESSAGE command creates a message pointer file COBOLMSG.OBJ, which contains a pointer to the nonexecutable message file SYS$MESSAGE:COBOLMF.EXE.