RFC 409 (rfc409) - Page 3 of 8
Tenex interface to UCSB's Simple-Minded File System
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RFC 409 TENEX INTERFACE TO SIMPLE-MINDED FILE SYSTEM December 1972
V. FILE SPECIFICATION
Whenever SMFS solicits a filename from the user, either of the
following is acceptable:
(1) hostname : filename
'Hostname' is a standard host name or decimal host address
identifying the host to which the file at UCSB belongs (to
distinguish, for example, the directory at SRI-ARC
from the directory at USC-ISI).
If unspecified, the host name defaults to that of the TENEX
system from which SMFS is invoked (and in this case the
delimiting ':' must be dropped).
Note that 'hostname' need be specified only in connection with
inter-TENEX file transfers, and CANNOT be specified as part of
the local filename in a MOVE or COPY command.
'Filename' is a standard TENEX filename (subject to the
constraints of Section II).
If no directory is specified, that to which the user is
currently connected is taken as the default.
If name, extension, or version number is left unspecified, it
defaults to the one most recently specified.
(2) ESC (i.e., Altmode)
ESC in this context denotes the most recent file
specification, which SMFS will retype for the user.
VI. SYNTAX CONVENTIONS
In the description which follows, the following syntax conventions
are employed:
Characters which must be entered literally by the user are
represented in upper-case (although they may be either in upper-
or lower-case when typed by the user).
Variables (like filenames) which must be entered by the user are
represented by their generic names in lower case (although they
may be either in upper- or lower-case when typed by the user).
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