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<h1 class="topictitle1">Folder and document names</h1>
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<div><p>Folder and document names should describe the contents of the folder
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or document.</p>
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<p> Folder names must be unique and should be easy to type, as well as descriptive
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to a user. To find a particular folder on the system and change a document
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stored in it, you must either supply the folder name or select it from a list
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of names.</p>
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<p>Document names must be unique in the folder and should be easy to type,
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as well as descriptive. You should give careful consideration to the names
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you use to help you find the document later.</p>
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<p>The name you use for a folder or a document must follow these rules:</p>
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<ul><li>The name must be unique within a folder.</li>
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<li>A document or folder name can be 1 to 12 characters long, including an
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optional extension. If no extension is included, a document or folder name
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can have a maximum of eight characters. If an extension is included, the extension
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must start with a period and can have up to three additional characters. An
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extension in the document name allows you to identify the document by using
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specific information that can help you do a selective listing of documents
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on your system. <p> <img src="rbam6504.gif" alt="Art3-2" /> </p>
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</li>
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<li>A document or folder name can include any single-byte EBCDIC character
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<em>except for the following</em> special characters that the system uses for
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other purposes:
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><thead align="left"><tr><th valign="top" width="27.1356783919598%" id="d0e44">Character</th>
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<th valign="top" width="72.8643216080402%" id="d0e46">Special uses</th>
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</thead>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="27.1356783919598%" headers="d0e44 ">Asterisk (*)</td>
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<td valign="top" width="72.8643216080402%" headers="d0e46 ">Multiplication operator, indicates generic names, and indicates i5/OS™
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reserved values</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="27.1356783919598%" headers="d0e44 ">Slash (/)</td>
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<td valign="top" width="72.8643216080402%" headers="d0e46 ">Division operator, delimiter within system values, and separates parts
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of qualified object names</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="27.1356783919598%" headers="d0e44 ">Question Mark (?)</td>
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<td valign="top" width="72.8643216080402%" headers="d0e46 ">Initiates requests for system help</td>
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</li>
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<li>When a folder is stored in another folder, both folder names are used,
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separated by a slash (/). That combination of names is called a <strong>folder
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path</strong>. For example, if a folder named FOLDR2 is stored in FOLDR1, the path
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for FOLDR2 is FOLDR1/FOLDR2. FOLDR1 is the <strong>first-level folder</strong>. FOLDR2
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is the <strong>next-level folder</strong>. The name of a single folder can be 1 to
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12 characters long, including an optional extension. A folder path can contain
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a maximum of 63 characters. <p>Folder names should not begin with Q because
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the system-supplied folder names begin with Q. The following are examples
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of permitted folder names and folder paths:</p>
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<pre>@LETTERS
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FOLDER.PAY
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PAYROLL/FOLDER.PAY
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#TAX1/FOLD8.TAX/$1988/PAYROLL/FOLDER.PAY</pre>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> <ol><li>In CL commands, folder path names must be enclosed in apostrophes to prevent
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the system from processing them as qualified (library/object) names. If an
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apostrophe is to be part of the name, it must be specified as two consecutive
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apostrophes. </li>
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<li>A number of CL commands act on either documents or folders, and some act
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on both. The abbreviation DLO (document library object) is used when referring
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to either a document or folder. </li>
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<li>In CL commands, folder and document names must be enclosed in apostrophes
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if they contain characters that are CL delimiters. </li>
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<li>The system does not recognize graphic characters; it recognizes only code
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points and uses the following assumptions: <ul><li>All folder and document names are encoded using single-byte EBCDIC code
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pages. Since code points hex 41 through FE represent graphic characters in
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those code pages, they are the only code points that can be used in folder
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and document names.</li>
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<li>Code points hex 5C, 61, and 6F represent the asterisk (*), slash (/),
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and question mark (?) respectively, and cannot be used in folder and document
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names.</li>
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<li>The code points for lowercase letters in English (hex 81 through 89, 91
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through 99, and A2 through A9) are converted to the code points for uppercase
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letters (C1 through C9, D1 through D9, and E2 through E9, respectively).</li>
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</li>
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</ol>
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</div>
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<p>In addition to the folder and document names previously described, folders
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and documents are internally classified in the system by their system object
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names. These are 10-character names derived from date/time stamps, and, while
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they are generally not known to the user, they may be specified on some CL
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commands by specifying *SYSOBJNAM for the folder or document name and by specifying
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the system object name in a separate parameter.</p>
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<div class="familylinks">
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbam6nameincom.htm" title="You can use only specific characters for naming within commands.">Naming within commands</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rbam6objnamrules.htm" title="This describes rules for naming i5/OS objects.">Object naming rules</a></div>
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<div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../books/sc415121.pdf" target="_blank">Local device configuration</a></div>
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<div><a href="../cl/crtdevdsp.htm">Create Device Desc (Display) (CRTDEVDSP) command</a></div>
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