pathname

file system (Or "path") The specification of a node (file or

directory) in a hierarchical file system. The path is

usually specified by listing the nodes top-down, separating

the directories by the pathname separator ("/" in Unix,

"" in MS-DOS).

A pathname may be an absolute pathname or a relativepathname. The part of the pathname of a file after the last

separator is called the basename.

(1997-03-10)