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Additional Information for iRMX 86 Users
iAPX 86,88 Family Utilities
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The portion of the pathname delimited with colons (:) is an iRMX 86 logical
name. A logical name identifies the device that contains the file; in some cases it
also identifies a portion of the directory tree. In this example, LOC86 resides in
a directory identified by the logical name :PROG:; MYPROGRAM.LNK
resides in a subdirectory of a device identified by the logical name :FDO:.
If
you
omit the logical name from the command (in this case, LOC86), the Operating
System automatically searches several directories for the command. The direc-
tories searched and the order of search are iRMX 86 configuration parameters.
If you omit the logical name from a file used as a parameter (in this case
PROGDIR/MYPROGRAM.LNK), the Operating System assumes that the file
resides in the default directory
(:$:).
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Slashes
(I)
and up-arrows or circumflexes
(A)
separate individual components of
the pathname. A file's path name can consist of several components, depending
on where the file exists in the overall directory tree. To identify a file, you start
with a logical name (or assume the default), continue through the directory tree
specifying as many directory names as necessary, and finally specify the name of
the file with which you are concerned. You use separators between the
individual components of the path name (except immediately after the logical
name). The slash separator tells the Operating System to search down one level
in the directory tree for the next component. The circumflex separator tells the
Operating System to search up one level in the directory tree. For example, if
file TEXTFILE.P86 resides in directory PROGRAMS, and if directory
PROGRAMS resides on a device identified by logical name :FD1:, you can
identify the file by specifying the following pathname:
:FDI :PROGRAMS/TEXTFILE.P86
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Continuation lines are necessary when a command or invocation will not fit on
one line. The following example illustrates the line-end conventions to use and
the continuation characters to expect:
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The LIB86 utility presents an exception to these prompt conventions. Because
this program is interactive, it has its own prompts:
Related Publications
The following manuals may be helpful during various aspects of your work with the
iAPX 86, 88 utilities on an iRMX 86-based system:
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introduction to the iRMX 86 Operating System, order number 9803124
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iRMX 86 Human Interface Reference Manual, order number 9803202
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iAPX 86, 88 User's J\tfanual, order number 210201
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PASCAL-86 User's Guide, order number 121539
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PL/M-86 User's Guide, order number 121636
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ASM86 Language Reference Manual,
ordt~r
number 121703
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ASM86 Macro Assembler Operating Instructions for 8086-Based Development
Systems, order number 121628
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FORTRAN-86 User's Guide, order number 121570
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