How to create PF without member

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Is it possible to create physical file without a member? If possible, please let me know method of creating PF.
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 CRTPF FILE(FILE)  
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  • ToddN2000
    Why would you want to create a file with no member? Without a member it cannot contain data I believe. It will give you an error if you try and write to it.
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  • GregManzo
    Actually you get the error when you try to open it. The reason would depend on the application. We use to have a sales data polling process that would add a member to an intermediary file for each store/day and remove them once processed. We knew all data was up-to-date when there were no members.
    Another example is QxxxSRC files with one member per program, but you start with MBR(*NONE).
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  • Splat
    ToddN2000, I can think of a couple reasons. If the file is a reference file, there's no need for a member. If the file is going to contain multiple members there's no need for a member at the time of creation.
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  • ToddN2000
    I forgot about the reference file not needing a member, Splat. Most likely because we only have one of those on our system. And true, you do not need a member that matches the file name. A matching member name will be created if you use the default compile options.
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