Open System Services System Calls Reference Manual (G06.25+, H06.03+)

Miscellaneous filename(5)
NAME
filename, pathname - Explain OSS file system file naming
SYNOPSIS
For OSS files:
filename
pathname
For local Guardian disk files used from the OSS environment:
/G/volume_name/subvolume_name/file_id
For local Guardian temporary disk files used from the OSS environment:
/G/volume_name/temp_file_id
For local Guardian nondisk devices used from the OSS environment:
/G/device_name/qualifier
For remote Guardian disk files used from the OSS environment:
/E/node_name/G/volume_name/subvolume_name/file_id
For remote Guardian temporary disk files used from the OSS environment:
/E/node_name/G/volume_name/temp_file_id
For remote Guardian nondisk devices used from the OSS environment:
/E/node_name/G/device_name/qualifier
PARAMETERS
filename Identifies a file at a relative location in the OSS file system. A filename value
can be either a single filename or a symbolic link name.
A single filename is a character string of up to NAME_MAX (248) characters,
including a null terminator. Valid characters preceeding the null terminator are
described under OSS Filenames in DESCRIPTION, later in this reference
page.
A symbolic link name is a string of up to NAME_MAX (248) characters,
without a null terminator. Valid characters are described under OSS Filenames
in DESCRIPTION, later in this reference page.
A symbolic link name is a pointer to one of the following:
• a single filename
• another symbolic link
• a pathname
pathname Identifies a file in the OSS file system. A pathname has the following form:
[/]filename_1/filename_2 [/.../filename_n ]
A pathname on a remote NonStop server node begins with /E/node_name/ and is
expressed relative to the root directory on that node.
A pathname is a character string of up to PATH_MAX (1024) characters,
including a null terminator. A pathname consists of one or more filename com-
ponents, separated by slash (/) characters. Consecutive slashes are interpreted as
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