documentation for glob -types d with symbolic links

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-05-11  Vince Darley  <vincentdarley@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* doc/glob.n: documented behaviour of symbolic links with 
+	'glob -types d' (Bug 951489)
+
 2004-05-11  Donal K. Fellows  <donal.k.fellows@man.ac.uk>
 
 	* doc/scan.n: Updated the examples to be clearer about their
diff --git a/doc/glob.n b/doc/glob.n
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--- a/doc/glob.n
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\" 
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: glob.n,v 1.15 2004/04/30 22:45:56 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: glob.n,v 1.16 2004/05/11 14:09:59 vincentdarley Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH glob n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ the Unix find command:
 \fIp\fR (named pipe),
 or \fIs\fR (socket), where multiple types may be specified in the list.
 \fBGlob\fR will return all files which match at least one of the types given.
+Note that symbolic links will be returned both if \fB\-types l\fR is given, 
+or if the target of a link matches the requested type.  So, a link to
+a directory will be returned if \fB\-types d\fR was specified.
 .RS
 .PP
 The second form specifies types where all the types given must match.