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7.2.4 Using Name Aliases

The runtime configuration file offers a second method for accessing remote files. You can use the runtime configuration file to define file name aliases. A name alias is a substitute string for the literal name that appears in the ASSIGN TO clause of a SELECT statement.

For example, if you have this SELECT statement in your application:

input-output section. 
file-control. 
    select idx-file 
    assign to disk "IDXDAT" 
    binary sequential 
    status is idx-status. 

you could alias "IDXDAT" in your runtime configuration file by adding:

IDXDAT  @condor:/usr/data/idx.dat 

This line aliases "IDXDAT" to be file "idx.dat" on file server "condor" in directory "/usr/data."