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Is there a Message File that is guaranteed to be on every IBM i OS?

I am trying to write a unit test for reading message files (for node-jt400 which wraps open-jt400 to javascript.)

I am wondering if there is a Message File (MSGF) that can be used that is likely to be on any IBM i computer (Say a temporary MSGF that is created for every user upon connecting, or QCBLMSGE which is the COBOL RUN TIME MESSAGE FILE on the machine I work with).

I am not implementing creating or deleting message files, otherwise I would create one and unit test all of those cases as well and not require this.

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • The QCPFMSG message file exists on every system in the QSYS library.