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."