Using the Abbreviated Form of Your Top Directory

In the previous example, Tony could refer to any directory by using the file pool identifier (POOLQ:), followed by the name of his top directory (TONY.), followed by the name of the other directories. The file pool identifier must always be followed by a colon (:). Directory names must be separated by periods.

To refer to the .NICK directory in a command, Tony could specify the following directory name (dirname for short):
POOLQ:TONY.NICK
If POOLQ is Tony's default file pool, he can omit it from the directory name and refer to the directory as follows:
TONY.NICK
SFS will assume that the TONY.NICK directory is located within Tony's default file pool, POOLQ.
Tony can also omit his user ID from the directory name (if he has not issued a SET FILESPACE command) because it will default to his user ID. He must, however, be sure to retain the period to indicate his top directory. Therefore, Tony could refer to the .NICK directory in a command as follows:
.NICK
In executing a command, SFS would begin with Tony's top directory (designated by the period) and move down one level to the .NICK directory. Notice that there is not a space between the period and the word NICK.

Notice that you refer to FILECONTROL and DIRCONTROL directories in the same way. The .NICK directory could have either the FILECONTROL or DIRCONTROL attribute.