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Location Map Structure
Location Map Structure
Input for: Eldo location map settings
The purpose of the location map file, in the Eldo context, is to be able to map a soft path with a
hard path.
Tip
See also “Eldo Arguments” and the “.OPTION USE_LOCATION_MAP” and “.OPTION
IGNORE_LOCATION_MAP” in the Eldo Reference Manual.
Format
The location map file structure is as follow:
• The first line is a header. This header is not mandatory with Eldo, which always ignores
the first line, but is necessary if the location map file has to be used inside Pyxis. In such
a case, refer to the Pyxis Project Manager User’s Manual (available on SupportNet) to
use the correct header.
• The file is then composed of a set of soft and hard pathnames, comments, and
INCLUDE pathname statements.
Parameters
• pathname
A soft pathname always begins with a dollar sign ($).
A hard pathname always begins with a slash (/).
A comment always begins with a pound sign (#).
You can specify one, several, or no hard pathnames for a soft pathname.
When a soft pathname is defined multiple times in the location map file, only the first
definition is used, others are ignored.
For a given soft pathname, if Eldo is unable to access to the specified hard pathname, a
warning message is generated (warning 939).
If a given soft pathname already exists as an environment variable, Eldo always uses the
value of the environment variable.
When multiple hard pathnames are given for a soft pathname, only the first one is used by
Eldo. That pathname must be visible from all computers that are going to use that location
map file. Defining multiple hard pathnames for one soft pathname is only valid in the
context of Pyxis because Pyxis can attempt, given a path, to find the mapped soft pathname.
As mount points can be different, according to the computer used and the network structure,
it might be necessary to specify all mount points of a given folder. Eldo only attempts to
expand a soft pathname into a hard pathname to resolve a file name (in a .INCLUDE
statement for example). This is why the first path has to be visible whatever computer is
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