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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 1.25 2003/07/07 08:57:58 vincentdarley Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: file.n,v 1.26 2003/12/12 17:02:13 vincentdarley Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH file n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -220,13 +220,16 @@ error if for some reason that is not possible), then the optional \fI-linktype\fR argument should be given. Accepted values for \fI-linktype\fR are "-symbolic" and "-hard". . -When creating links on filesystems that either do not support any links, -or do not support the specific type requested, an error message will be -returned. In particular Windows 95, 98 and ME do not support any links -at present, but most Unix platforms support both symbolic and hard links -(the latter for files only), MacOS supports symbolic links and Windows -NT/2000/XP (on NTFS drives) support symbolic directory links and hard -file links. +On Unix, symbolic links can be made to relative paths, but on all other +platforms target paths will be converted to absolute, normalized form +before the link is created (and "~user" paths are always expanded to +absolute form). When creating links on filesystems that +either do not support any links, or do not support the specific type +requested, an error message will be returned. In particular Windows 95, +98 and ME do not support any links at present, but most Unix platforms +support both symbolic and hard links (the latter for files only), MacOS +supports symbolic links and Windows NT/2000/XP (on NTFS drives) support +symbolic directory links and hard file links. .TP \fBfile lstat \fIname varName\fR . |