MESSAGE_LANGUAGE - OMS configuration option

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Description

The MESSAGE_LANGUAGE option specifies the Universal Message Catalog (UMC) that is used to format messages.

There is a message catalog for each language. The first three characters of the language are used as a three-character suffix of the member name. All UMC files have a .UMC extension.

Note

Currently, the only message catalog provided is for English.

Usage

Method

Syntax

IBM i

HP NonStop

UNIX

Windows

z/OS

Configuration File Keyword

language language



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Value

language is the name of the UMC file.
 

UNIX

The location of the UMC file is specified by the NLS_DIRECTORY option.


Default is ENGLISH (UMC member USSMCENG is used).