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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
.so man.macros
.BS
.SH NAME
-Tcl_TranslateFileName \- convert file name to native form and replace tilde with home directory
+Tcl_TranslateFileName \- convert file name to native form
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ anything stored here.
This utility procedure translates a file name to a platform-specific form
which, after being converted to the appropriate encoding, is suitable for
passing to the local operating system. In particular, it converts
-network names into native form and does tilde substitution.
+network names into native form.
.PP
However, with the advent of the newer \fBTcl_FSGetNormalizedPath\fR and
\fBTcl_FSGetNativePath\fR, there is no longer any need to use this
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Finally \fBTcl_FSGetNativePath\fR does not require you to free anything
afterwards.
.PP
If
-\fBTcl_TranslateFileName\fR has to do tilde substitution or translate
+\fBTcl_TranslateFileName\fR has to translate
the name then it uses
the dynamic string at \fI*bufferPtr\fR to hold the new string it
generates.
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ has its default empty value when \fBTcl_TranslateFileName\fR is invoked.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
filename(n)
.SH KEYWORDS
-file name, home directory, tilde, translate, user
+file name, home directory, translate, user