The third item is the name of the department data file, which contains the department names, codes, and interdepartmental relationships, respectively. A path must precede the file name if it is not in the current directory or in the data path. An example of a department data file is the file FURN.DEP that holds the department information. This file is included in the appendix and on the distribution diskette. This file must be created outside the SPIRAL program with an editor capable of generating pure ASCII files.