The alias file

The alias file is a file that contains lines of the form

   alias=value

where alias is a name to which you have assigned a pathname to a file or a device. There are two reasons for having an alias file:

• to simplify references to files or devices with lengthy pathnames

• to define search paths (similar to $PATH in the UNIX system shell)

The name of the alias file must be given as an argument on the fmli command line with the -a alias_file option when it is invoked.