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The name (NAM) block provides additional fields for extended file specification use, including parsing and obtaining the actual file specification used for a file operation. On Alpha systems, the long name block (NAML) can optionally take the place of a NAM block (see NAML). The following table lists the symbolic offset, the size in bytes, and a brief description of each field. Offset Size Description NAM$B_BID 1 Block identifier NAM$B_BLN 1 Block length NAM$B_DEV 1 Device string length NAM$L_DEV 4 Device string address NAM$W_DID 6 Directory identification NAM$B_DIR 1 Directory string length NA