EIFSHORTNAMES

The EIFSHORTNAMES option controls the structure of the extension of EIF overflow (extension) file names.

Data type

BOOLEAN

Syntax

EIFSHORTNAMES = YES|NO

Arguments

YES: Sets the extension of EIF overflow (extension) file names to xx, where each x is an automatically assigned lowercase letter between a and z.
NO: Sets the extension of EIF overflow (extension) file names to ennn, where nnn is a three-digit number beginning with 001.(Default)

Notes

EIF Extension File Names

By default, EIF extension file names have the structure filename.ennn, where nnn is a three-digit number beginning with 001, to distinguish them from workspace extension file names.

For example, when an EIF file is named export.eif, the extension files are named export.e001, export.e002, and so on.

When EIFSHORTNAMES is set to YES, the extension files are named export._aa, export._ab, and so on.

Examples

Example 11-21 Limiting the Extension of a File Name to Three Characters

The following statement specifies that the file extension for EIF extension file names must be in the form xx.

EIFSHORTNAMES = YES