Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual (G06.25+)

Guardian Procedure Calls (F)
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FNAMEEXPAND Procedure
(Superseded by FILENAME_SCAN_ Procedure and
FNAMEEXPAND Procedure
(Superseded by FILENAME_SCAN_ Procedure
and FILENAME_RESOLVE_ Procedure
)
Summary
Syntax for C Programmers
Syntax for TAL Programmers
Parameters
Considerations
Example
Summary
The FNAMEEXPAND procedure is used to expand a partial file name from the
compacted external form to the standard 12-word internal form usable by other file-
system procedures.
Syntax for C Programmers
This procedure does not have a C syntax, because it is superseded and should not be
used for new development. This procedure is supported only for compatibility with
previous software.
Syntax for TAL Programmers
Parameters
length returned value
INT
returns the length, in bytes, of the file name in
external-filename. If an invalid
file name is specified, 0 is returned.
Note. This procedure is supported for compatibility with previous software and should not be
used for new development.
length := FNAMEEXPAND ( external-filename ! i
,internal-filename ! o
,default-names ); ! i