path name
- A string that is used to identify a file. A path
name consists of, at most, {PATH_MAX} bytes, including the terminating null
character. 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. The interpretation of the path name is described in pathname
resolution. ISO.1.
- A file name specifying all directories leading
to the file.
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