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NAME
     pathconv - search FMLI criteria for filename

SYNOPSIS
     pathconv [-f] [-v alias]
     pathconv [-t] [-l] [-nnum] [-v string]

DESCRIPTION
     The pathconv function converts an alias to its pathname.  By
     default, it takes the alias as a string from stdin.

     -f   If -f is specified, the  full  path  will  be  returned
          (this is the default).

     -t   If -t is specified, pathconv will truncate  a  pathname
          specified in string in a format suitable for display as
          a frame title.  This format is a shortened  version  of
          the  full  pathname,  created by deleting components of
          the path from the middle of  the  string  until  it  is
          under  DISPLAYW  -  6  characters  in  length, and then
          inserting elipses (...) between the  remaining  pieces.
          Elipses are also used to show truncation at the ends of
          the strings if  necessary,  unless  the  -l  option  is
          given.

          -l   If -l is specified, < and > will be  used  instead
               of  elipses  (...)  to  indicate truncation at the
               ends of the string generated  by  the  -t  option.
               Using  -l  allows  display of the longest possible
               string while still notifying  users  it  has  been
               truncated.

          -nnum
               If -n is specified, num is the maximum  length  of
               the  string  (in  characters)  generated by the -t
               option.  The argument num can be any integer  from
               1 to 255.

     -v arg
          If the -v option is used, then alias or string  can  be
          specified  when pathconv is called.  The argument alias
          must be an alias defined in the alias_file  named  when
          fmli was invoked.  The argument string can only be used
          with the -t option and must be a pathname.

EXAMPLES
     Here is a menu descriptor that uses  pathconv  to  construct
     the  menu  title.   It searches for MYPATH in the alias_file
     named when fmli was invoked:

          menu=`pathconv -v MYPATH/ls`
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     where there is a line in  alias_file  that  defines  MYPATH.
     For example, MYPATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/bin.

     Here is a menu descriptor that takes alias from stdin.

          menu=`echo MYPATH/ls | pathconv`
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SEE ALSO
     fmli.








































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