2.4 File Name Inheritance

(empty) string does not have a name field, we insert the string

"

walrus

" into the name field, resulting in the string "

walrus

".

Moving down to the next row, we encounter the constant string

"

.tex

". This string consists of an empty directory and name field, but

a "

.tex

" file extension. As our current string "

walrus

", does not

already have a file extension (i.e. the file extension field of our current

string is empty), we add in "

.tex

", resulting in the string

"

walrus.tex

". Next we encounter the "

+F

" field which is the input

filename "

/usr/ross/work/sloth.fw

" consisting of a directory

field "

/usr/ross/work/

", a name field "

sloth

", and a file

extension field "

.fw

". Our "

walrus.tex

" string already has name

and file extension fields, but its directory field is empty, and so we add

in the directory field from the input file specification, resulting in the

string "

/usr/ross/work/walrus.tex

". Finally, we hit the

default directory specification, which is (say) "

/usr/ross/play/

".

However, as the directory field of our walrus string is already full, it

has no effect.

In general, there is no need to remember the exact details of

FunnelWeb s filename inheritance. The important thing is to know that

it exists, and to use it.

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