Specifies whether the object module contains a pointer to a file containing message data. Format /FILE_NAME=file-spec /NOFILE_NAME file-spec Identifies a nonexecutable message file. The default device and directory for the file specification is SYS$MESSAGE and the default file type is .EXE. No wildcard characters are allowed in the file specification.
1 – Examples
1.$ 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.