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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Directory listings and path names
Date: 25 Jan 2002 06:55:15 -0600
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In article <a2r2vk$1mni$1@mo5.fr.ipricot.com>, tgingold@pc204.ipricot.fr writes:

>   function Full_Name (Name : in String) return String;
>     Returns the full name corresponding to the file name specified by Name. 
>     [...]
> 
> Should be *a* full name, since some systems (such as UNIX) doesn't have only
> one name for a file (links).
> Therefore, this function cannot be used to canonicalize a file name.

Whereas on VMS there may be multiple full names, equally valid for
accessing the file, but one of them is "more equal" and often used
for special purposes that require a canonical name.