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Definition of "pathname" []

  • The fully specified name of a computer file, including the position of the file in the file system's directory structure. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pathname" in a sentence
  • "Wildcards in bash are referred to as pathname expansion."
  • "OK, abbrev pathname where 'pathname' is the full pathname of the ABBREV file you wish to activate."
  • "However I am trying to pass the variable "pathname" to the wd_frm2_r API for file output path."