From bbf7a407e8756195cb3ec522ed631ee685d70bd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:14:18 +0000 Subject: Added note about non-support of UNC paths on Windows. This fixes SF bug #465447. --- Doc/lib/libos.tex | 3 ++- Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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}. -- cgit v0.12