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Creating Widelink entries

You can create Widelink entries by editing the /etc/symlink.translations file.

Steps

  1. Open the /etc/symlink.translations file for editing.
  2. Enter one or more lines in the file using the following format: Widelink template [@qtree] result

    template specifies the UNIX path name.

    result specifies the CIFS UNC path name.

    qtree allows multiple entries in different qtrees to have the same template value.

    Note: Unlike in a Map entry, you can specify a space and pound (#) character in a file path without prepending a backslash (\) escape character. In a Widelink entry, a backslash character is a standard file path character in accordance with the Universal Naming Convention.

Examples

In the following examples, the result uses CIFS path name syntax, with backslashes as separators, and allows an embedded space. The wildcard character (*) in the template path name represents zero or more characters, including the backslash character (\). In the result path name, the wildcard character represents text from the corresponding match in the template path name:

Widelink /eng/proj/* @/vol/vol2 \\filer\hw\proj\*

Widelink /eng/proj/* \\filer\sw\proj\*