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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 1.14 2002/03/24 11:41:48 vincentdarley Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: file.n,v 1.15 2002/05/02 20:15:20 vincentdarley Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH file n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -350,14 +350,15 @@ empty string. 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 (e.g. 'networked'), or -possibly the empty string. 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. +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 virtual +filesystem through an extension called 'vfs'. If the file does not +belong to any filesystem, an error is generated. .TP \fBfile tail \fIname\fR . |