The TPU$FILE_PARSE routine returns a string containing the fields requested of the file specified. The file is not required to exist when the parse is done. The intention of the TPU$FILE_ PARSE routine is to construct a valid file specification from the information passed in through the file specification, the default file specification, and the related file specification. The routine uses the $PARSE system service to return the requested information. The TPU$FILE_PARSE routine is also called by DECTPU when the TPU built-in procedure FILE_PARSE is executed from TPU code. The return value of the built-in procedure is the string returned in the result-string argument.