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with the device node <filename>/dev/sda</filename> in
the file system namespace. If this applies a special
way to escape the path name is used, so that it is
- usable as part of a file name. Basically, given a path,
- "/" is replaced by "-", and all unprintable characters
- and the "-" are replaced by C-style "\x20"
- escapes. This escaping is reversible.</para>
+ usable as part of a file name. Basically, given a
+ path, "/" is replaced by "-", and all unprintable
+ characters and the "-" are replaced by C-style "\x20"
+ escapes. The root directory "/" is encoded as single
+ dash, while otherwise the initial and ending "/" is
+ removed from all paths during transformation. This
+ escaping is reversible.</para>
<para>Optionally, units may be instantiated from a
template file at runtime. This allows creation of