pathname
pathspec
<file system> (Or "path") The specification of a node (file or
directory) in a {hierarchical file system}. The path is
usually specified by listing the nodes top-down, separating
the directories by the {pathname separator} ("/" in {Unix},
"\" in {MS-DOS}).
A pathname may be an {absolute pathname} or a {relative
pathname}. The part of the pathname of a file after the last
separator is called the {basename}.
(1997-03-10)