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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex index 4981ac0..66e2781 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex @@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ of the pair returned by \code{split(\var{path})}. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{commonprefix}{list} -Return the longest string that is a prefix of all strings in +Return the longest path prefix (taken character-by-character) that is a +prefix of all paths in \var{list}. If \var{list} is empty, return the empty string -(\code{''}). +(\code{''}). Note that this may return invalid paths because it works a +character at a time. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{dirname}{path} |