- AUX
- Short for "disk AUXiliary" this stores the default directories for
reading and writing files.
- There are three main components to the AUX:
- AUX List
- The list of directories that can be used in either the Read AUX
or the Write AUX. Each entry is stored as
<ID>=<PATH>
and can subsequently be referred to by ID.
- Read AUX
- The list of ID's (in order) to search when trying to read a file.
- Write AUX
- The ID of the path to the default output directory.
- The use of the AUX allows applications to be written in a disk-configuration-independent
manner. Each site can just alter their AUX entries as needed to match their local
configuration.