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  1. PATHNAME 
  2. (sometimes referred to as a PATH)
  3.  
  4. A pathname is a series of one or more directory names separated by the \ 
  5. special character. It may begin with a \ if the pathname begins in root, or 
  6. begin with a directory name, if the pathname begins in the current directory. 
  7. A pathname cannot be more than 63 characters long.
  8.  
  9. Assume that some of the directories on a disk were as follows:
  10.  
  11.              \            ROOT DIRECTORY
  12.          ---------
  13.         /    |    \
  14.            /     |     \
  15.           /      |      \
  16.          /       |       \
  17.      PROJECTS  TESTS   BUDGETS    SUBDIRECTORIES
  18.            -----
  19.           /     \
  20.          /       \        additional
  21.         DONE      PENDING    SUBDIRECTORIES
  22.                  \
  23.                    \
  24.                 RESULTS
  25.  
  26.  
  27.      In the sample disk structure above we have:
  28.  
  29. Pathnames:                Pathnames relative to TESTS:
  30. \                    .
  31. \PROJECTS                ..
  32. \TESTS                    DONE
  33. \TESTS\DONE                PENDING
  34. \TESTS\PENDING                PENDING\RESULTS
  35. \TESTS\PENDING\RESULTS            ..\PROJECTS
  36. \BUDGETS                ..\BUDGETS
  37.