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authorvincentdarley <vincentdarley>2004-01-26 13:33:57 (GMT)
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filesystem documentation and tests
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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: file.n,v 1.27 2003/12/17 17:47:28 vincentdarley Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: file.n,v 1.28 2004/01/26 13:33:59 vincentdarley Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH file n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -385,16 +385,15 @@ empty string.
.TP
\fBfile system \fIname\fR
.
-Returns a list of two elements, the first of which is the name of the
-filesystem to use for the file, and the second an arbitrary string
-representing the filesystem-specific nature or type of the location
-within that filesystem. If a filesystem only supports one type of file,
-the second element may be null. For example the native files have a
-first element 'native', and a second element which is a platform-specific
-type name for the file's system (e.g. 'NTFS', 'FAT', etc), or possibly
-the empty string if no further information is available or if this
-is not implemented. A generic virtual file system might return the
-list 'vfs ftp' to represent a file on a remote ftp site mounted as a
+Returns a list of one or two elements, the first of which is the name of
+the filesystem to use for the file, and the second, if given, an
+arbitrary string representing the filesystem-specific nature or type of
+the location within that filesystem. If a filesystem only supports one
+type of file, the second element may not be supplied. For example the
+native files have a first element 'native', and a second element which
+when given is a platform-specific type name for the file's system (e.g.
+'NTFS', 'FAT', on Windows). A generic virtual file system might return
+the list 'vfs ftp' to represent a file on a remote ftp site mounted as a
virtual filesystem through an extension called 'vfs'. If the file does
not belong to any filesystem, an error is generated.
.TP