Berkeley DB

Filename Resolution in Berkeley DB

The following list describes the specific circumstances and order in which the different ways of specifying file naming information are applied. Berkeley DB filename processing proceeds sequentially through the following steps:

• Absolute pathnames If the filename specified to a Berkeley DB function is an absolute pathname, that filename is used without modification by Berkeley DB.

  On UNIX systems, an absolute pathname is defined as any pathname that begins with a leading slash (/).

  On Windows systems, an absolute pathname is any pathname that begins with a leading slash or leading backslash (\); or any pathname beginning with a single alphabetic character, a colon, and a leading slash or backslash (for example, ...