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-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libos.tex3
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index 1c3a584..85355a5 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -634,7 +634,8 @@ Recursive directory creation function. Like \function{mkdir()},
but makes all intermediate-level directories needed to contain the
leaf directory. Throws an \exception{error} exception if the leaf
directory already exists or cannot be created. The default \var{mode}
-is \code{0777} (octal).
+is \code{0777} (octal). This function does not properly handle UNC
+paths (only relevant on Windows systems).
\versionadded{1.5.2}
\end{funcdesc}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
index 9cd1a58..bc26ddd 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
This module implements some useful functions on pathnames.
\index{path!operations}
+\strong{Warning:} On Windows, many of these functions do not properly
+support UNC pathnames. \function{splitunc()} and \function{ismount()}
+do handle them correctly.
+
\begin{funcdesc}{abspath}{path}
Return a normalized absolutized version of the pathname \var{path}.