RDF System Management Manual for H-Series RVUs (RDF 1.8)

The system does not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase alphabetic characters in a
file name. If all the optional left-hand parts of a file name are present, it is called a fully qualified
file name; if any of the optional left-hand parts are missing, it is called a partially qualified file
name.
For more information about file names and process identifiers and the rules that govern them,
see the Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual.
NOTE: RDF does not support long network names. In particular, process names can contain
no more than five characters, including the leading dollar sign ($).
Reserved File Names
Subvolume names and file names that begin with the letter “Z” are reserved.
Disk File Names
The syntax for a file name that identifies a disk file is:
[system.][[volume.]subvol.]filename
or
[system.][volume.]temp-filename
system
specifies the name of the system on which the file resides. A system name consists of a
backslash (\) followed by one to seven alphanumeric characters; the first alphanumeric
character must be a letter.
volume
specifies the name of the volume on which the file resides. A volume name consists of a dollar
sign ($) followed by one to six alphanumeric characters; the first alphanumeric character
must be a letter.
subvol
specifies the name of the subvolume on which the file resides. A subvolume name has one
to eight alphanumeric characters; the first character must be a letter.
filename
specifies the name of a permanent disk file. A permanent-file name consists of one to eight
alphanumeric characters, the first of which must be a letter.
temp-filename
specifies the name of a temporary disk file. A temporary-file name consists of a pound-sign
(#) followed by four to seven numeric characters. The operating system assigns names to
temporary files.
The following is an example of a fully qualified disk file name:
\hdq.$mkt.reports.finance
Nondisk Device Names
The syntax for a file name that identifies a nondisk device is:
[system.]device-name[.qualifier]
or
[system.]ldev-number
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