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3 Syntax as a command: path path entry component
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6 Syntax as an active function: path path entry component
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9 Function: returns the absolute pathname represented by the argument if
10 you supply one argument; returns the absolute pathname of the archive
11 component if you give component of the entry in the directory
12 specified by the path argument if you specify two or three arguments.
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15 Arguments:
16 path
17 If you don't give entry, this is the pathname to be expanded and
18 returned; otherwise it is the pathname of the directory to be used
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21 is the optional entryname to be used in the returned pathname.
22 component
23 is the optional archive component name to be used in the returned
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27 Notes: Since the pathname is returned in quotes, the command processor
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