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XFD_MAP configuration variable

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XFD_MAP tells the run time system to associate certain filenames with a particular XFD. This enables you to use one XFD for many different files. You can use XFD_MAP to add or replace the existing value, depending on the setting of the XFD_MAPS_RESETS configuration variable.

The XFD_MAP variable has this syntax:

XFD_MAP   [pattern = base-xfd-name]  ...

where pattern consists of any valid filename characters and may include "*" or "?". These two characters have special meanings in the pattern:

*	matches any number of characters
?	matches a single occurrence of any character

For example:

CUST????	matches CUST0001 and CUSTOMER; does not match CUST001 or CUST00001
CUST*	matches all of the above
CUST*1	matches CUST001 and CUST0001 and CUST00001; does not match CUSTOMER
*OMER	matches CUSTOMER; does not match CUST001 or CUST0001

Note that XFD_MAP cannot be read from the ACCEPT FROM ENVIRONMENT statement.