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This is to make it portable and easy to use as a file name. In the unusual case of two different nodes having the same name after this treatment, they are written consecutively to the same file, with HTML anchors so each can be referred to independently. </p> <p>If <code>makeinfo</code> is run on a system which does not distinguish case in file names, nodes which are the same except for case (e.g., ‘<samp>index</samp>’ and ‘<samp>Index</samp>’) will also be folded into the same output file with anchors. You can also pretend to be on a case insensitive filesystem by setting the customization variable <code>CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAMES</code>. </p> <p>It is also possible to split at chapters or sections with <samp>--split</samp> (see <a href="Invoking-texi2any.html">Invoking <code>texi2any</code>/<code>makeinfo</code> from a Shell</a>). In that case, the file names are constructed after the name of the node associated with the relevant sectioning command. Also, unless <samp>--no-node-files</samp> is specified, a redirection file is output for every node in order to more reliably support cross-references to that manual (see <a href="HTML-Xref.html">HTML Cross-references</a>). </p> <p>When splitting, the HTML output files are written into a subdirectory, with the name chosen as follows: </p> <ol> <li> <code>makeinfo</code> first tries the subdirectory with the base name from <code>@setfilename</code> (that is, any extension is removed). For example, HTML output for <code>@setfilename gcc.info</code> would be written into a subdirectory named ‘<samp>gcc/</samp>’. </li><li> If that directory cannot be created for any reason, then <code>makeinfo</code> tries appending ‘<samp>.html</samp>’ to the directory name. For example, output for <code>@setfilename texinfo</code> would be written to ‘<samp>texinfo.html/</samp>’. </li><li> If the ‘<samp><var>name</var>.html</samp>’ directory can’t be created either, <code>makeinfo</code> gives up. </li></ol> <p>In any case, the top-level output file within the directory is always named ‘<samp>index.html</samp>’. </p> <p>Monolithic output (<code>--no-split</code>) is named according to <code>@setfilename</code> (with any ‘<samp>.info</samp>’ extension is replaced with ‘<samp>.html</samp>’), <code>--output</code> (the argument is used literally), or based on the input file name as a last resort (see <a href="_0040setfilename.html"><code>@setfilename</code>: Set the Output File Name</a>). </p> </div> <hr> <div class="header"> <p> Next: <a href="HTML-CSS.html">HTML CSS</a>, Previous: <a href="HTML-Translation.html">HTML Translation</a>, Up: <a href="Generating-HTML.html">Generating HTML</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Command-and-Variable-Index.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> </div> </body> </html>