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# 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

  (Default) Sets the extension of EIF overflow (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,

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