File Description File Name

This item appears only when item Use of File Description File is specified.

This item is always required. It specifies the name of the workstation file-description file that describes the data to be transferred.

Upon transferring data from the iSeries™, eServer™ i5, or System i5™ to a workstation, a file-description file might have been created.

A file-description file must be created when the data has not yet been transferred from the iSeries™, eServer™ i5, or System i5™ to a workstation or when no file-description file exists.