text: user14749: I had to do a file transfer for in our system to run from fastqs and I came across the term "dummy fastq", not sure what exactly it means and what is the purpose of it in the workflow. Can someone answer?
  
  user-1: Probably some made-up data solely for the sake of testing a workflow but actually impossible to know what random files are sitting on your servers.
  
original_text: 14749: <p>I had to do a file transfer for in our system to run from fastqs and I came across the term &quot;dummy fastq&quot;, not sure what exactly it means and what is the purpose of it in the workflow. Can someone answer?</p>
   -1: <p>Probably some made-up data solely for the sake of testing a workflow but actually impossible to know what random files are sitting on your servers.</p>
  