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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" 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 1.11 2001/11/12 19:37:03 hobbs Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: file.n,v 1.12 2001/11/19 17:45:12 vincentdarley Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH file n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -223,13 +223,15 @@ under Windows or AppleScript on the Macintosh. .TP \fBfile normalize \fIname\fR . -Returns a unique normalised path representation for the file, whose string -value can be used as a unique identifier for the it. A normalized path is -one which has all '../', './' removed. Also it is one which is in the -``standard'' format for the native platform. On MacOS, Unix, this means the -path must be free of symbolic links/aliases, and on Windows it means we want -the long form, with the long form's case-dependence (which gives us a -unique, case-dependent path). +Returns a unique normalised path representation for the file, whose +string value can be used as a unique identifier for the it. A +normalized path is one which has all '../', './' removed. Also it is +one which is in the ``standard'' format for the native platform. On +MacOS, Unix, this means the path must be free of symbolic +links/aliases, and on Windows it also means means we want the long form +(when running Win NT/2000/XP) or the short form (when running Win +95/98) with that form's case-dependence (which gives us a unique, +case-dependent path). .TP \fBfile owned \fIname\fR . |