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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex index 0b2da66..1dbe32f 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex @@ -234,7 +234,12 @@ empty string. On systems which do not use drive specifications, Split the pathname \var{path} into a pair \code{(\var{root}, \var{ext})} such that \code{\var{root} + \var{ext} == \var{path}}, and \var{ext} is empty or begins with a period and contains -at most one period. +at most one period. Leading periods on the basename are +ignored; \code{\var{splitext}.('.cshrc')} returns +\code{('.cshrc', '')}. + +\versionchanged[Earlier versions could produce an empty root when +the only period was the first character]{2.6} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{splitunc}{path} |