pathalias(4) File Formats pathalias(4)NAMEpathalias - alias file for FACE
SYNOPSIS
/usr/vmsys/pathalias
DESCRIPTION
The pathalias files contain lines of the form alias=path where path
can be one or more colon-separated directories. Whenever a FACE (Framed
Access Command Environment, see face(1)) 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 system. This
allows users to reference the folder $HOME/FILECABINET by typing file‐
cabinet.
There is a system-wide pathalias file called $VMSYS/pathalias, and each
user can also have local alias file called $HOME/pref/pathalias . Set‐
tings 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.
FILES
$HOME/pref/pathalias
$VMSYS/pathalias
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Stability │Obsolete │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOface(1), attributes(5)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 char‐
acters 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.
The Framed Access Command Environment Interface (FACE) is obsolete and
might be removed in a future release.
SunOS 5.10 21 Dec 2005 pathalias(4)
