pathalias(4) — Reliant

pathalias(4)                                                   pathalias(4)

NAME
     pathalias - alias file for FACE

DESCRIPTION
     The pathalias files contain lines of the form alias=path where path
     can be one or more colon-separated directories. Whenever a FACE user
     references a path not beginning with a "/", this file is checked. If
     the first component of the pathname matches the left-hand side of the
     equals sign, the right-hand side is searched much like $PATH variable
     in the Reliant UNIX system. This allows users to reference the folder
     $HOME/FILECABINET by typing filecabinet.

     There is a system-wide pathalias file called $VMSYS/pathalias, and
     each user can also have local alias file called $HOME/pref/pathalias.
     Settings in the user alias file override settings in the system-wide
     file. The system-wide file is shipped with several standard FACE
     aliases, such as filecabinet, wastebasket, preferences, otherusers,
     etc.

NOTES
     Unlike command keywords, partial matching of a path alias is not per-
     mitted, however, path aliases are case insensitive. The name of an
     alias should be alphabetic, and in no case can it contain special
     characters like "/", "\", or "=". There is no particular limit on the
     number of aliases allowed. Alias files are read once, at login, and
     are held in core until logout. Thus, if an alias file is modified dur-
     ing a session, the change will not take effect until the next session.

FILES
     $HOME/pref/pathalias

     $VMSYS/pathalias























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