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.