1 07/30/86  Archive Pathname Convention (general information)
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 3 The Archive Pathname Convention is a method used by many commands to
 4 specify a component of an archive.  This permits the command to access
 5 the contents of the archive component rather than the whole archive,
 6 without first extracting the component from the archive.  The component
 7 is specified as part of a pathname, and is signalled by the presence of
 8 the archive pathname delimiter, double colon ("::").  Multiple archives
 9 or components of archives may be specified by also using the star and
10 equal conventions.
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13 An archive component pathname is a pathname containing a double colon
14 ("::") separating the pathname of the archive segment, on the left,
15 from the name of the archive component, on the right.  The ".archive"
16 suffix preceding the double colon is assumed and need not be given
17 explicitly.
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19 Commands should either support or reject archive pathnames.  Many
20 commands accept archive pathnames for input files, but in general,
21 archive pathnames are not permitted for output files.  Only commands
22 which specifically manipulate archives can modify archives.
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25 Notes: See archive.info for a description of the archive command, which
26 is used to create and maintain archives.  See starname.gi.info for
27 information about the star convention.  See equalname.gi.info for
28 information on the equal convention.  For more information on
29 pathnames, see pathname.gi.info.  For information on manipulating
30 archive pathnames, see pathname_manipulation_af.gi.info.
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33 Examples:
34    bound_fscom1_.s::copy.pl1
35    >udd>Demo>JQUser>mine.archive::myfile