A description file is an ASCII file containing information that the Btrieve Maintenance utility commands CREATE, INDEX, and SINDEX need to perform their operations.
Description files contain one or more elements. An element consists of a keyword, followed by an equal sign (=), followed by a value (with no space). Each element in the description file corresponds to a particular characteristic of a Btrieve® file or key definition.
The sections in this appendix discuss the following topics: