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Re: Another word for "path"?
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Daniel Barclay |
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Re: Another word for "path"? |
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Wed, 12 Feb 2003 13:42:33 -0500 |
Kai Großjohann wrote:
>
> A Tramp filename consists of the following parts:
>
> - a method specification
> - a user name
> - a host name
> - and a path specifying the file on the remote host
>
> Now the GNU coding standards say that the word "path" is defined as a
> list of directories, such as those found in $PATH and $MANPATH.
That's a search path. (If GNU calls that "path," they're being
ambiguous.)
> Which word could I use for the fourth component of a Tramp filename?
That's a pathname (a name based on a traversal path through a tree
graph representing a name hierarchy).
Daniel
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- Re: Another word for "path"?, Friedrich Dominicus, 2003/02/13
- Re: Another word for "path"?, Kai Großjohann, 2003/02/13
- Re: Another word for "path"?, Friedrich Dominicus, 2003/02/13
- Re: Another word for "path"?, Kai Großjohann, 2003/02/13
- Re: Another word for "path"?, Daniel Pfeiffer, 2003/02/13
- Re: Another word for "path"?, Rodney Sparapani, 2003/02/14
- Re: Another word for "path"?, Kai Großjohann, 2003/02/14