ALIAS(4) (Framed Access Command Environment Utilities) ALIAS(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 $PATH
variable in the UNIX System. This allows users to reference
the folder "$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,
other_users, etc.
NOTES
Unlike command keywords, partial matching of a path alias is
not permitted, 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 during a
session, the change will not take effect until the next
session.
FILES
$HOME/pref/pathalias
$VMSYS/pathalias
Page 1 May 1989