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Changes from TIP#17 "Redo Tcl's filesystem"
The following files were impacted. * doc/Access.3: * doc/FileSystem.3: * doc/OpenFileChnl.3: * doc/file.n: * doc/glob.n: * generic/tcl.decls: * generic/tcl.h: * generic/tclCmdAH.c: * generic/tclCmdIL.c: * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: * generic/tclDate.c: * generic/tclDecls.h: * generic/tclEncoding.c: * generic/tclFCmd.c: * generic/tclFileName.c: * generic/tclGetDate.y: * generic/tclIO.c: * generic/tclIOCmd.c: * generic/tclIOUtil.c: * generic/tclInt.decls: * generic/tclInt.h: * generic/tclIntDecls.h: * generic/tclLoad.c: * generic/tclStubInit.c: * generic/tclTest.c: * generic/tclUtil.c: * library/init.tcl: * mac/tclMacFCmd.c: * mac/tclMacFile.c: * mac/tclMacInit.c: * mac/tclMacPort.h: * mac/tclMacResource.c: * mac/tclMacTime.c: * tests/cmdAH.test: * tests/event.test: * tests/fCmd.test: * tests/fileName.test: * tests/io.test: * tests/ioCmd.test: * tests/proc-old.test: * tests/registry.test: * tests/unixFCmd.test: * tests/winDde.test: * tests/winFCmd.test: * unix/mkLinks: * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: * unix/tclUnixFile.c: * unix/tclUnixInit.c: * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: * win/tclWinFCmd.c: * win/tclWinFile.c: * win/tclWinInit.c: * win/tclWinPipe.c
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Access.3,v 1.3 1999/05/06 19:14:39 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Access.3,v 1.4 2001/07/31 19:12:05 vincentdarley Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_Access 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ The structure that contains the result.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
+As of Tcl 8.4, the object-based APIs \fBTcl_FSAccess\fR and
+\fBTcl_FSStat\fR should be used in preference to \fBTcl_Access\fR and
+\fBTcl_Stat\fR, wherever possible.
+.PP
There are two reasons for calling \fBTcl_Access\fR and \fBTcl_Stat\fR
rather than calling system level functions \fBaccess\fR and \fBstat\fR
directly. First, the Windows implementation of both functions fixes