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paths.h(3HEAD)

Name

paths.h, paths - symbolic names for pathnames

Synopsis

#include <paths.h>

Description

The paths.h header defines various symbolic names for pathnames. These have been defined to allow for easier porting software to Solaris.

Pathname Macros

_PATH_BSHELL

The pathname of the Bourne Shell.

_PATH_CONSOLE

The pathname of the console device.

_PATH_CONSOLE_USER_LINK

The link to the current (virtual) console device.

_PATH_CP

The pathname of the cp(1) command.

_PATH_CSHELL

The pathname of the C-shell.

_PATH_DEFAULT_LOGIN

The pathname of the default login file.

_PATH_DEVNULL

The pathname of the device null(4D).

_PATH_ED

The pathname of the text editor (ed(1)).

_PATH_ETHERS

The pathname of the Ethernet address to hostname mapping table (ethers(5)).

_PATH_GROUP

The pathname of the group file.

_PATH_HEQUIV

The pathname of the hosts.equiv file.

_PATH_HESIOD_CONF

The pathname of the hesiod.conf file.

_PATH_HOSTS

The pathname of the hosts file.

_PATH_IPNODES

The pathname of the ipnodes file.

_PATH_IPSECALGS

The pathname of the ipsecalgs file.

_PATH_IRS_CONF

The pathname of the irs.conf file.

_PATH_KMEM

The pathname of the device kmem (mem(4D)).

_PATH_LASTLOG

The pathname of the lastlog file.

_PATH_MAILDIR

The pathname of the mail spool directory.

_PATH_NETGROUP

The pathname of the netgroup file.

_PATH_NETMASKS

The pathname of the netmasks file.

_PATH_NETWORKS

The pathname of the networks file.

_PATH_NOLOGIN

The pathname of the nologin file.

_PATH_OPENPROM

The pathname of the openprom(4D) device.

_PATH_POWER_MGMT

The pathname of the power management driver (pm(4D)).

_PATH_PROTOCOLS

The pathname of the protocols file.

_PATH_RANDOM

The pathname of the random(4D) device.

_PATH_RESCONF

The pathname of the resolv.conf file.

_PATH_RSH

The pathname of the remote shell command (rsh(1)).

_PATH_SERVICES

The pathname of the services file.

_PATH_SHELLS

The pathname of the shell database (shells(5)).

_PATH_SYSCON

The pathname of the syscon device.

_PATH_SYSEVENT

The pathname of the sysevent device.

_PATH_SYSMSG

The pathname of the sysmsg device.

_PATH_SYSTTY

The pathname of the system tty.

_PATH_TMP

The pathname of the temporary file system.

_PATH_TTY

The pathname of the tty device.

_PATH_UNIX

The pathname of the kernel namelist (ksyms(4D)).

_PATH_URANDOM

The pathname of the urandom(4D) device.

_PATH_USRTMP

The pathname of the user temporary directory.

_PATH_UTMPX

The pathname of the UTMPX file.

_PATH_VARRUN

The pathname of the systems temporary file directory.

_PATH_VARTMP

The pathname of the user temporary file directory.

_PATH_VI

The pathname of the vi(1) editor.

_PATH_WTMPX

The pathname of the WTMPX file.

Attributes

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability
Uncommitted

See Also

cp(1), ed(1), rsh(1), vi(1), ksyms(4D), mem(4D), null(4D), openprom(4D), pm(4D), random(4D), urandom(4D), ethers(5), shells(5), attributes(7)