File staging is the movement of files to or from the execution computer before and after the job runs. There are two types of staging: staging in, and staging out.
Staging in means copying a file before a batch job is run to the system where the job will execute.
Staging out means copying a file after a batch job is run from the system on which the job executed.
If a destination filename is not specified, the source filename and the destination filename are assumed to be the same. Incomplete pathnames for local source filenames are expanded using the current working directory (if submitted from a Windows client). Pathnames for Windows must be specified with backslashes (\).