MESSAGE_LANGUAGE - USAP configuration option
Description
The MESSAGE_LANGUAGE option specifies the language in which messages are written.
Usage
Method | Syntax | IBM i | HP NonStop | UNIX | Windows | z/OS |
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Command Line, Short Form | -L language | |||||
Command Line, Long Form | -lang language | |||||
Environment Variable | USAPLANG=language | |||||
Configuration File Keyword | language language |
Value
language is the language in which messages are written.
The first three characters of the language are used as a three-character suffix to form the name of a Universal Message Catalog (UMC) file. UMC files are in the nls product directory.
Default is ENGLISH.
Command Usage
The MESSAGE_LANGUAGE option is a MESSAGE option.
MESSAGE options are associated with program execution, not commands. They specify different characteristics of usap messages.