Programmer's Guide to File Handling
Table of Contents
Index
Chapter 2: File Naming
2.1 File Naming Conventions
2.1.1 File Naming on DOS, Windows and OS/2
2.1.2 File Naming on UNIX
2.2 Assigning Filenames
2.2.1 Assigning Filenames Statically
2.2.2 Assigning Filenames Dynamically
2.2.3 Assigning Filenames Externally
2.2.3.1 Environment Variables and External Filename Assignment
2.2.3.2 External File Mapper (Mfextmap)
2.2.3.2.1 Mapper File Structure
2.2.3.2.2 Location of the Mapper File
2.2.3.2.3 Activating the Mapper File
2.2.3.2.4 Disabling Mapper File Support
2.3 Filename Mapping
2.3.1 Setting up Multiple Paths
2.3.2 Search Sequence
2.3.3 %NLS% Characters in Filenames
2.3.4 The "&" Character in Environment Variables
2.3.5 The "$" Character in Filenames
2.3.6 Setting Up Pipes
2.3.6.1 The "<" Character
2.3.6.2 The ">" Character
2.3.6.3 The "|" Character
2.3.7 Global Filename Mapping
2.4 Processing Filenames
2.4.1 Example Program