CREATE is used to create a new file or directory. Although SAVE and STORE will automatically create a new file to store a program in, data files must be explicitly created before they can be used in ASSIGN, DUMP DEVICE IS, PRINTALL IS, or PRINTER IS statements.
The four forms of the CREATE statement are CREATE, CREATE ASCII, CREATE BDAT, and CREATE DIR. The plain CREATE statement creates a regular Windows OS file. CREATE ASCII and CREATE BDAT create LIF ASCII or BDAT type files (more on these later). CREATE DIR creates directories.
Although the CREATE command specifies the maximum number of records to allocate for the file (for HP back-porting compatibility), Windows ignores this value since it allows the maximum size of a file to be extended as needed.
