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-rw-r--r--win/tclWinChan.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/win/tclWinChan.c b/win/tclWinChan.c
index 6d480a8..a271919 100644
--- a/win/tclWinChan.c
+++ b/win/tclWinChan.c
@@ -840,6 +840,11 @@ TclpOpenFileChannel(
nativeName = (TCHAR*) Tcl_FSGetNativePath(pathPtr);
if (nativeName == NULL) {
+ if (interp != (Tcl_Interp *) NULL) {
+ Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "couldn't open \"",
+ TclGetString(pathPtr), "\": filename is invalid on this platform",
+ NULL);
+ }
return NULL;
}