Creating a physical file

To create a physical file, take the following steps:

1. If you are using DDS, enter DDS for the physical file into a source file. This can be done using the AS/400 Application Development Tools source entry utility (SEU). See Working with Source Files, for more information about how source statements are entered in source files.
2. Create the physical file. You can use the Create Physical File (CRTPF) command, or the Create Source Physical File (CRTSRCPF) command.

The following command creates a one-member file using DDS and places it in a library called DSTPRODLB.

CRTPF FILE(DSTPRODLB/ORDHDRP)
      TEXT('Order header physical file')

As shown, this command uses defaults. For the SRCFILE and SRCMBR parameters, the system uses DDS in the source file called QDDSSRC and the member named ORDHDRP (the same as the file name). The file ORDHDRP with one member of the same name is placed in the library DSTPRODLB.