PATHNAME


Meaning of PATHNAME in English

< file system > (Or "path") The specification of a node (file or directory) in a hierarchical file system . The path is usually specified by listing the nodes top-down, separating the directories by the pathname separator ("/" in Unix , "\" in MS-DOS ).

A pathname may be an absolute pathname or a relative pathname . The part of the pathname of a file after the last separator is called the basename .

(1997-03-10)

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