* doc/load.n: added note about NT's buggy handling of './' with

	LoadLibrary


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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/load.n b/doc/load.n
index 9d3e1eb..e0deb20 100644
--- a/doc/load.n
+++ b/doc/load.n
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\" 
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: load.n,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:53 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: load.n,v 1.3 1999/12/04 06:15:26 hobbs Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH load n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ If the same file is \fBload\fRed by different \fIfileName\fRs, it will
 be loaded into the process's address space multiple times.  The
 behavior of this varies from system to system (some systems may
 detect the redundant loads, others may not).
+.PP
+When loading a DLL in the current directory, NT will ignore ``./'' as
+a path specifier and use a search heuristic to find the DLL instead.
+To avoid this, load the DLL with
+.CS
+    load [file join [pwd] mylib.DLL]
+.CE
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 \fBinfo sharedlibextension\fR, Tcl_StaticPackage, safe(n)