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Character Translation Table

The supplied translate table is in a format acceptable as input to the assembler TR instruction. The default translate table translates all slash characters in a path name, with the exception of the leading slash, to a period character. Other special characters are translated into the dollar sign ($). These include characters that are used as masking characters in resource rules. If not translated, these characters could create undesired results. The special characters include the period, asterisk, dash, plus, blank, and quote.

The exit point can further modify any character in the table to meet special needs (with the exception of the slash character).