File names
Some values are file names. For each stanza entry that expects a file name as a value, the description of the stanza entry specifies which of the following constructs are valid:
- Filename
- No directory path included.
- Relative filename
- A directory path is allowed but not mandatory.
These files typically are expected to be located relative to the location of a standard Security Verify Access directory. The stanza entry for each relative path name lists the root directory to which the file name is relative.
- Fully qualified absolute path
- An absolute directory path is required.
Some stanza entries allow more than one of these choices.
The set of valid characters in a file name can be determined by the file system and by the local code set. For Windows operating systems, file names cannot have a backward slash (\), a colon (:), a question mark (?), or double quotation marks (").
Parent topic: Guidelines for changing configuration files