a file pathname displays the location of the file.for eg:c:>my flower/my documents/ is the file path name for the file 'my flower' which is located in my documents.
For those who use a different operating system the pathname can be:- Macintosh HD:Library:Printers:Lexmark:Drivers:LexmarkCUPSDriver. Same function just another way of saying where to find it.
It's a simple file name
A pathname is the location of a file or object in the context of a file system. A URL is the location of a file or object in the context of an internet web server.
An absolute pathname, is the location of a filesystem object relative to the root directory. absolute pathnames always begin with a slash (/). With Absolute pathname you have access to complete file system objects such as directories and files.
The Unix pathname format uses the forward slash (/) to separate the component parts of the path.
Two of the drawbacks of a traditional file system are that, at the limits, data cannot be found easily (you need to remember the pathname of the file) or quickly (the access time depends on where the data is in the file).
In computing, a symbolic link is a special type of file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path and that affects pathname resolution.
The unique ID for an installation, the pathname for the UDF, the name of the answer file.
The pathname is the ending part of the URL. It is after the "slash" of the domain name.
No ext2, ext3, ext4, zfs file systems has 255 bytes filename limit and has no pathname limits
FTP or File Transfer Protocols allow the transfer of files from a host machine to another machine over a network e.g. the internet. The user logs on to the remote site using a user name and password. Basic commands include "cd pathname" to change directories to that specified by the pathname. "Dir" is the directory that lists the files on the remote machine. "Get" locates the file to be transferred. "Put" transfers the file. "Help" explains an individual selected command, and "quit" closes the remote session and terminates the FTP.
Mat lab has got a predefined command for this purpose. The command is 'imread'. Syntax: A = IMREAD(FILENAME,FMT) It reads a grayscale or color image from the file specified by the string FILENAME. If the file is not in the current directory, or in a directory on the MATLAB path, specify the full pathname.
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