suffix(5)suffix(5)NAMEsuffix - file name suffix conventions
DESCRIPTION
The following list summarizes file name suffix conventions that can be
found in an HP-UX system. It is a partial compilation of possibly use‐
ful knowledge, suggestions, and explanations, rather than a specifica‐
tion of standards. Suffixes are often used in preference to prefixes
because they enable related files to group together alphabetically in a
directory listing.
Note that some programs require the use of a specific value, or vary
their behavior based on a choice of suffixes. Such programs are noted
in many (but not all) cases.
HP64000 cross assembler symbol file.
Library file (archive) managed by
known to
HP Ada source, where "?" stands for any single character.
List of users allowed by
or (for example,
Source for macros.
LIF (Logical Interchange Format) type 1, ASCII file for use
by Pascal or BASIC/UX. Incompatible with
Cross-referencing information created automatically by LaTeX.
script file.
Compiled LISP source file, or a bold font file.
Backup copy of a file.
File containing bad data,
or occupying a bad spot on a disk.
Bibliography created by BibTeX for inclusion in a LaTeX document.
Bibliographic data file,
(for example, BibTeX bibliography database).
Log of errors from BibTeX.
BibTeX bibliography style definition.
File compressed by
or C++ language source file, or HP64000 cross compiled C
source file.
C language source file;
known to and
CAST language scripts.
NLS (Native Language Support) message catalog.
Configuration file (for example,
CLU file.
Pascal workstation object code.
File containing output from
that is, a archive.
C-shell script.
Current version of a file.
Directory file, or data file.
A script that is read daily.
List of users denied by
or (for example,
List of devices.
Differences between two files,
output from
DBM database directory file.
Documentation file of some sort.
Device-independent text formatter output.
Extended FORTRAN language (EFL) source file;
known to
GNU Emacs Elisp file.
Compiled GNU Emacs Elisp file.
Source for equation macros.
Standard error from a program.
Errors recorded by a program.
FORTRAN language source file;
known to and
FORTRAN 77 language source file.
Frozen configuration file (for example,
A complete file or list.
TeX font bitmaps in Generic Font format.
Glossary created by LaTeX.
C language header (include) file;
known to
Help text for a program,
often read automatically.
A script that is read hourly.
Output of C preprocessor
or a Berkeley Pascal language include file, or an itali‐
cized font file.
Icon source code.
Index created by LaTeX.
Standard input to a program.
Notes index file.
Korn shell script file.
HP64000 cross linker symbol file.
source file (known to or LISP source file.
Notes list file.
File containing a list of other files.
Library information for
List of figures created by LaTeX.
Generic log file,
or a log of error messages from TeX.
List of tables created by LaTeX.
Modula language source file.
Modula-2 language source file.
Makefile for
Source for or using macros.
Source for or using macros.
TeX metafont input file.
Gosling/Unipress Emacs Mock Lisp file.
Source for or using macros.
A script that is read monthly.
Source for or using macros.
source.
New version of a file.
source.
HP64000 listing file.
Relocatable object file (post-compile, pre-link);
known to and
Obsolete version of a file.
Old version of a file.
File containing optional material,
such as an optional part of the kernel.
Original version of a file.
Standard output (and possibly standard error) from a program
(for example, or an executable file output from (such as
HP64000 cross compiled Pascal source file.
Pascal language source file
(known to and or PROLOG language source file.
DBM database data file.
PILOT language source file.
TeX font bitmaps in Packed Font format;
denser/more recent than GF.
Previous version of a file.
PostScript file.
TeX font bitmaps in uncompressed format; very obsolete.
HP64000 relocatable file.
RatFor language source file;
known to
A "run commands" file,
normally read when a program is invoked (for example,
Real version of a file,
often one which was replaced by a front-end (for exam‐
ple,
File containing required material,
such as a required part of the kernel.
HP64000 cross assembled source file.
Assembler input file;
known to and
Safe or saved copy of a file.
Scheme file.
POSIX shell script file;
known to
Shell archive file containing output from
Skeletal or template file.
Shared library file built by
known to
File containing statistics (for example,
LaTeX style definition;
should have a corresponding file.
LIF Bootable by the Series 300/400 boot ROM
(see Librarian chapter of vol. 1).
Text file.
File (archive) containing output from
Source for table macros.
Temporary file.
Prototype or template file.
Test input or output file.
TeX source file.
Notes text file,
or a Pascal workstation "UCSD text format" file.
ASCII text file.
Width information used by TeX (TeX font metrics).
Source for table of contents macros, or table of contents created
by LaTeX.
source.
Icon intermediate code files.
HP-UX text or binary file format.
Web file (Knuth's Web system).
A script that is read weekly.
HP64000 absolute file.
input file; known to
File compressed by
File compressed by
Manpage files (sections 1 through 9),
optionally followed by a letter HP-UX also uses for sec‐
tion 1M.
File saved on given
date (for example, year, month name, YYMM, MMDD, and so
on) as a snapshot of a continuously growing log file.
RCS delta file;
known to the RCS programs.
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