filename

filename — The name of a file.

Synopsis

Parents
×

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

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

18 elements contain filename. × ⏵

These elements contain filename: caption (db.html.caption), citetitle, computeroutput, emphasis, entry, link, literallayout, para, phrase (db.phrase), programlisting, quote, subtitle, td, term, th, title, titleabbrev, userinput.

Children

5 elements occur in filename. × ⏵

The following elements occur in filename: text, inlinemediaobject, phrase (db._phrase), replaceable, subscript, superscript.

See Also

Related elements: computeroutput, systemitem, userinput.

Examples

1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
  |<title>Example filename</title>
  | 
  |<para>The symbolic constants for error numbers are defined in
5 |<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.