EGL Reference Guide for iSeries


Resource associations and file types

An EGL record that accesses an external file, printer, or queue has a logical file or queue name. (In the case of a printer, the logical file name is printer for most run-time systems.) The name can be no more than 8 characters and is meaningful only as a way of relating the record to a system name, which the target system uses to access a physical file, printer, or queue.

In relation to files or queues, the file or queue name is a default for the system name. In relation to printers, a default exists only for COBOL output.

Instead of accepting a default, you can take one or both of these actions:

The resource associations part does not apply to these record types:


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