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authorvincentdarley <vincentdarley>2001-08-30 08:53:14 (GMT)
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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: FileSystem.3,v 1.3 2001/08/23 17:37:07 vincentdarley Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: FileSystem.3,v 1.4 2001/08/30 08:53:14 vincentdarley Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_FSCopyFile 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
.BS
.SH NAME
-Tcl_FSRegister, Tcl_FSUnregister, Tcl_FSData, Tcl_FSCopyFile, Tcl_FSCopyDirectory, Tcl_FSCreateDirectory, Tcl_FSDeleteFile, Tcl_FSRemoveDirectory, Tcl_FSRenameFile, Tcl_FSListVolumes, Tcl_FSEvalFile, Tcl_FSLoadFile, Tcl_FSMatchInDirectory, Tcl_FSReadlink, Tcl_FSLstat, Tcl_FSUtime, Tcl_FSFileAttrsGet, Tcl_FSFileAttrsSet, Tcl_FSFileAttrStrings, Tcl_FSStat, Tcl_FSAccess, Tcl_FSOpenFileChannel, Tcl_FSGetCwd, Tcl_FSChdir, Tcl_FSPathSeparator, Tcl_FSJoinPath, Tcl_FSSplitPath, Tcl_FSEqualPaths, Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath, Tcl_FSJoinToPath, Tcl_FSConvertToPathType, Tcl_FSGetInternalRep, Tcl_FSGetTranslatedPath, Tcl_FSGetTranslatedStringPath, Tcl_FSNewNativePath, Tcl_FSGetNativePath, Tcl_FSFileSystemInfo \- procedures to interact with any filesystem
+Tcl_FSRegister, Tcl_FSUnregister, Tcl_FSData, Tcl_FSCopyFile, Tcl_FSCopyDirectory, Tcl_FSCreateDirectory, Tcl_FSDeleteFile, Tcl_FSRemoveDirectory, Tcl_FSRenameFile, Tcl_FSListVolumes, Tcl_FSEvalFile, Tcl_FSLoadFile, Tcl_FSMatchInDirectory, Tcl_FSLink, Tcl_FSLstat, Tcl_FSUtime, Tcl_FSFileAttrsGet, Tcl_FSFileAttrsSet, Tcl_FSFileAttrStrings, Tcl_FSStat, Tcl_FSAccess, Tcl_FSOpenFileChannel, Tcl_FSGetCwd, Tcl_FSChdir, Tcl_FSPathSeparator, Tcl_FSJoinPath, Tcl_FSSplitPath, Tcl_FSEqualPaths, Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath, Tcl_FSJoinToPath, Tcl_FSConvertToPathType, Tcl_FSGetInternalRep, Tcl_FSGetTranslatedPath, Tcl_FSGetTranslatedStringPath, Tcl_FSNewNativePath, Tcl_FSGetNativePath, Tcl_FSFileSystemInfo \- procedures to interact with any filesystem
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ typedef struct Tcl_Filesystem {
Tcl_FSOpenFileChannelProc *\fIopenFileChannelProc\fR;
Tcl_FSMatchInDirectoryProc *\fImatchInDirectoryProc\fR;
Tcl_FSUtimeProc *\fIutimeProc\fR;
- Tcl_FSReadlinkProc *\fIreadlinkProc\fR;
+ Tcl_FSLinkProc *\fIlinkProc\fR;
Tcl_FSListVolumesProc *\fIlistVolumesProc\fR;
Tcl_FSFileAttrStringsProc *\fIfileAttrStringsProc\fR;
Tcl_FSFileAttrsGetProc *\fIfileAttrsGetProc\fR;
@@ -917,20 +917,25 @@ should be changed to the values given in the \fItval\fR structure.
The return value is a standard Tcl result indicating whether an error
occurred in the process.
.PP
-.SH READLINKPROC
+.SH LINKPROC
.PP
-Function to process a 'Tcl_FSReadlink()' call. Should be implemented
+Function to process a 'Tcl_FSLink()' call. Should be implemented
only if the filesystem supports links, and may otherwise be NULL.
.PP
.CS
-typedef Tcl_Obj* Tcl_FSReadlinkProc(
- Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR);
+typedef Tcl_Obj* Tcl_FSLinkProc(
+ Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
+ Tcl_Obj *\fItoPtr\fR);
.CE
.PP
-The result is a Tcl_Obj specifying the contents of the symbolic link
-given by 'path', or NULL if the symbolic link could not be read. The
-result is owned by the caller, which should call Tcl_DecrRefCount when
-the result is no longer needed.
+If \fItoPtr\fR is NULL, the function is being asked to read the
+contents of a link. The result is a Tcl_Obj specifying the contents of
+the symbolic link given by 'path', or NULL if the symbolic link could
+not be read. The result is owned by the caller, which should call
+Tcl_DecrRefCount when the result is no longer needed. If \fItoPtr\fR
+is not NULL, the function should attempt to create a link. The result
+in this case should be \fItoPtr\fR if the link was successful and NULL
+otherwise. In this case the result is not owned by the caller.
.PP
.SH LISTVOLUMESPROC
.PP