METHOD, SYSTEM FOR USING FILE NAME TO ACCESS APPLICATION PROGRAM WHERE A LOGICAL FILE SYSTEM PROCESSES PATHNAME TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE REQUEST IS A FILE ON STORAGE DEVICE OR OPERATION FOR APPLICATION PROGRAM

摘要

Disclosed is a system, method, and program for accessing an application program, such as a transaction manager. A request for a file is received. The request includes a pathname and the pathname includes at least one directory name and the file name. The pathname is processed by a file system to determine whether the request is for a file on a storage device or an operation for the application program to perform. The file request is processed to generate a control message for the application program after determining that the request is not for a file on the storage device. The control message is then passed to the application program to cause the application program to perform an operation.