filename

filename — The name of a file

Synopsis

Content Model

filename ::=

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

  • class (enumeration)
    • “devicefile”
    • “directory”
    • “extension”
    • “headerfile”
    • “libraryfile”
    • “partition”
    • “symlink”
  • path

Description

A Filename is the name of a file on a local or network disk. It may be a simple name or may include a path or other elements specific to the operating system.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

class

FIXME:

Enumerated values:

devicefile

FIXME:

directory

FIXME:

extension

FIXME:

headerfile

FIXME:

libraryfile

FIXME:

partition

FIXME:

symlink

FIXME:

path

FIXME:

Children

The following elements occur in filename: text, alt, anchor, annotation, biblioref, indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), remark, replaceable, subscript, superscript, xref.

See Also

application, computeroutput, database, envar, hardware, productname, prompt, systemitem, userinput

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example filename</title>

<para>The symbolic constants for error numbers are defined in
<filename class='headerfile'>errno.h</filename> in
<filename class='directory'>/usr/include/sys</filename>.
</para>

</article>

The symbolic constants for error numbers are defined in errno.h in /usr/include/sys.

ChangeLog

This alpha reference page is $Revision: 1.4 $ published $Date: 2005/10/31 12:31:54 $.