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pathname [1 record]

Record 1 2022-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

A path name (also called a pathname) tells the system how to locate a file. The path name is expressed as a sequence of directory names ... followed by the name of the file.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

Un usager ou un programme demande l'accès à un fichier par l'entremise d'un chemin d'accès (path), c'est-à-dire d'une chaine de caractères qui spécifie le nom du fichier désiré et son emplacement sur le disque.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

En el DOS y OS/2 es el nombre de un subdirectorio del DOS expresado en una forma que describa la vía o ruta que el DOS debe tomar a través de la estructura de árbol para llegar hasta él.

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