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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
.