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diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst index f1d9bd3..1650885 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst @@ -732,6 +732,11 @@ A ``TarInfo`` object has the following public data attributes: Name of the target file name, which is only present in :class:`TarInfo` objects of type :const:`LNKTYPE` and :const:`SYMTYPE`. + For symbolic links (``SYMTYPE``), the *linkname* is relative to the directory + that contains the link. + For hard links (``LNKTYPE``), the *linkname* is relative to the root of + the archive. + .. attribute:: TarInfo.uid :type: int |