[Info-vax] Porting logical name applications to Unix

[JF Mezei]

Ok, this is a generic question.

Say I have a VMS application that uses logical names to point to files,
devices etc.

When porting to a Unix system, is the following the best way to mimic
this : ?

- use getenv to translate a symbol to some value stored in a local variable
- use that variable instead of a quoted string when calling the file
open, or open some serial device or whatever ?


Or is there a better or different way to mimic logical names which most
Unix based people would use ?