filename
filename — The name of a file.
Synopsis
filename ::= ![[x]](figs/web/nav/delete.gif)
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- Zero or more of:
- text
replaceable- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
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
Identifies the class of filename
Enumerated values: “devicefile” A device
“directory” A directory
“extension” A filename extension
“headerfile” A header file (as for a programming language)
“libraryfile” A library file
“partition” A partition (as of a hard disk)
“symlink” A symbolic link
- path
Specifies the path of the filename
Parents
These elements contain filename: bridgehead, caption (db.html.caption), citation, citetitle, classsynopsisinfo, computeroutput, contrib, emphasis (db.emphasis), entry, firstterm (db.firstterm), funcsynopsisinfo, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm (db.glossterm), link, literallayout, member, olink, orgdiv, para, phrase (db.phrase), primary, primaryie, programlisting, quote (db.quote), refdescriptor, refentrytitle, refname, refpurpose, remark, screen, secondary, secondaryie, see, seealso, seealsoie, seeie, seg, segtitle, simpara, subtitle, synopsis, td, term, termdef, tertiary, tertiaryie, th, title, titleabbrev, tocentry, userinput.
Children
The following elements occur in filename: text, abbrev, acronym, alt, anchor, annotation, biblioref, coref, date, emphasis (db._emphasis), firstterm (db._firstterm), footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase), glossterm (db._glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), quote (db._quote), remark, replaceable, subscript, superscript, trademark, wordasword, xref.
See Also
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.