Assignment of physical paths to logical path

Conversion of a logical path to a physical path is dependent on operating systems. For this reason, generally several physical paths are assigned to one logical path.

An assignment of a physical path to a logical path consists of the following values:

Logical path

Name of the logical file path to which the physical path is assigned

Name

Short description of the logical file path

Syntax group

Name of the syntax group for which the physical path applies

Physical path

Platform-specific path. It may contain reserved words as placeholders that are replaced by system values at runtime. It must include the reserved word <FILENAME> as placeholder for the filename.

Activities

1. In the Logical file paths view, select the logical path whose physical paths you want to see or define.

2. Switch to the Assignment of physical paths to logical path view.

3. Where necessary, define a physical path for the logical path chosen, for each relevant syntax group. Choose the field help for the physical path field to see the reserved words you can use as placeholders in physical paths.

Requirements

You must have defined the logical path .

You must have defined the syntax group .

Note

If at runtime no physical path can be found for the logical path under the current operating system, the path defined in the current system's DIR_GLOBAL profile parameter is used instead.