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| author | Michael Hirsch, Ph.D <michael@scivision.dev> | 2021-01-26 02:14:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2021-01-26 14:50:01 (GMT) |
| commit | e63e83d2b8478ffa71891cffe61df70c97416f79 (patch) | |
| tree | 86213087597da82612df00171f2a17831c50ba53 /Help/command/if.rst | |
| parent | 4f9228a3001dd104a19c5eced3dcb36eef7102f4 (diff) | |
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Help: Document that if(EXISTS) does not expand ~
Fixes: #21729
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diff --git a/Help/command/if.rst b/Help/command/if.rst index c51d2bc..5dabe00 100644 --- a/Help/command/if.rst +++ b/Help/command/if.rst @@ -119,9 +119,10 @@ File Operations ``if(EXISTS path-to-file-or-directory)`` True if the named file or directory exists. Behavior is well-defined - only for full paths. Resolves symbolic links, i.e. if the named file or - directory is a symbolic link, returns true if the target of the - symbolic link exists. + only for explicit full paths (a leading ``~/`` is not expanded as + a home directory and is considered a relative path). + Resolves symbolic links, i.e. if the named file or directory is a + symbolic link, returns true if the target of the symbolic link exists. ``if(file1 IS_NEWER_THAN file2)`` True if ``file1`` is newer than ``file2`` or if one of the two files doesn't |