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diff --git a/doc/filename.n b/doc/filename.n index ef217e6..c2787ec 100644 --- a/doc/filename.n +++ b/doc/filename.n @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: filename.n,v 1.12 2004/03/17 18:14:12 das Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: filename.n,v 1.13 2004/06/30 14:46:10 vincentdarley Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH filename n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -51,7 +51,12 @@ absolute, and file names may contain any character other than slash. The file names \fB\&.\fR and \fB\&..\fR are special and refer to the current directory and the parent of the current directory respectively. Multiple adjacent slash characters are interpreted as a single -separator. The following examples illustrate various forms of path +separator. Any number of trailing slash characters at the end of a +path are simply ignored, so the paths \fBfoo\fR, \fBfoo/\fR and +\fBfoo//\fR are all identical, and in particular \fBfoo/\fR does not +necessarily mean a directory is being referred. +.PP +The following examples illustrate various forms of path names: .RS .TP 15 |