From fa080de7afc95aa1c19a6e6fc0e0708ced2eadc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 20:46:52 -0400
Subject: Initial commit

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+.help osfn Feb86 language
+.ih
+NAME
+osfn -- convert an IRAF filename to a host system filename
+.ih
+USAGE
+string = osfn (vfn)
+.ih
+PARAMETERS
+.ls vfn  
+The IRAF virtual filename to be translated into a host filename.
+.le
+.ih
+DESCRIPTION
+\fIOsfn\fR is a string valued intrinsic function which takes an IRAF virtual
+filename as input and returns the equivalent host system filename as output.
+\fIOsfn\fR can only be called as a function.
+.ih
+EXAMPLES
+1. Print the host equivalent of the vfn "hlib$login.cl".
+
+	cl> = osfn ("hlib$login.cl")
+
+2. Compute a host filename for use as an argument to a foreign task
+(see help \fItask\fR for more information on foreign tasks).
+
+.nf
+	cl> task $vdir = "$directory"	# VMS directory lister
+	cl> vdir /size osfn("bin$")
+.fi
+.ih
+SEE ALSO
+pathnames, task
+.endhelp
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