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diff --git a/doc/filename.n b/doc/filename.n index 42a9dce..34939c0 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 1.4 2000/09/07 14:27:47 poenitz Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: filename.n,v 1.5 2001/08/23 17:37:07 vincentdarley Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH filename n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -177,9 +177,13 @@ substitution. .PP The Macintosh and Windows platforms do not support tilde substitution when a user name follows the tilde. On these platforms, attempts to -use a tilde followed by a user name will generate an error. File -names that have a tilde without a user name will be substituted using -the \fB$HOME\fR environment variable, just like for Unix. +use a tilde followed by a user name will generate an error that the +user does not exist when Tcl attempts to interpret that part of the +path or otherwise access the file. The behaviour of these paths +when not trying to interpret them is the same as on Unix. File +names that have a tilde without a user name will be correctly +substituted using the \fB$HOME\fR environment variable, just like +for Unix. .SH "PORTABILITY ISSUES" .PP |