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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