The filing system on a computer is a hierarchical system. The Path Name for a certain file indicates to the computer, or the user, the drive and list of directories (folders) that must be followed to find that file. This is the path needed to access, retrieve or save the file. The path D:\GAMES\WIPEOUT\WIPEOUT.EXE indicates that the file WIPEOUT.EXE, needed to start this game, is in a directory or folder called WIPEOUT, which is in a folder called GAMES, which is on the D: drive.

Full name of a UNIX, DOS, or LynxOS file or directory, including all directory and subdirectory names. Consecutive names in a path name are typically separated by a forward slash (/) or a backslash (\), as in /usr/app/base/config.

The location of a file in the directory tree structure. You can specify either an absolute path name or a relative path name. An absolute path name specifies the name of each parent directory, starting with the root identifier. Under Windows, an absolute path can also specify the drive name. A relative path name identifies the file's location relative to an arbitrary directory in the tree, typically the current working directory.

Specifies the location of a particular file or directory within the directory structure by specifying the directories you need to pass through to get there. The directory names are separated by slashes. For example, /home/michael/myfile is the path name for myfile. There are two kinds of path names. See also relative path names and absolute path names, and file name.

a listing of the limb and branch path which must be traveled to reach a file

a null-terminated character string starting with an optional slash (/), followed by zero or more direc- tory names separated by slashes, optionally followed by a file name

a sequence of zero or more directory names

a string of components separated by '/'

a string that identifies a file to a file system

All files such as documents and images are held in your computer in a branching hierarchy. The path name is a description of how to get to a particular file. For example, C:\My Documents\images\bluehouse.gif is the path of an image named bluehouse.gif that is stored in a folder named "images". The folder named "images" is itself in a folder named "My Documents".

(1) A string that is used to identify a file. It has an optional beginning slash, followed by zero or more file names separated by slashes. If the path name refers to a directory, it may also have one or more trailing slashes. Multiple successive slashes are considered to be the same as one slash. A path name that begins with two successive slashes may be interpreted in an implementation-dependent manner, although more than two leading slashes will be treated as a single slash. (2) A file name specifying all directories leading to the file.

The route the computer takes to get to a specified file, spelled out in excruciating detail. The path includes the letter designating the drive, followed by a colon, followed by a backslash (\), followed by the directory, followed by any and all subdirectories, followed by the actual name of the file.

The name of a resource that reflects its location in the repository hierarchy. A path name is composed of a root element (the first /), element separators (/) and various sub-elements (or path elements). A path element may be composed of any character in the database character set except ("\", "/" ). These characters have a special meaning for Oracle XML DB. Forward slash is the default name separator in a path name and backward slash may be used to escape characters.