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diff --git a/doc/filename.n b/doc/filename.n index 7b9d6fa..1c49d02 100644 --- a/doc/filename.n +++ b/doc/filename.n @@ -118,26 +118,6 @@ Volume-relative path to a file \fBfoo\fR in the root directory of the current volume. This is not a valid UNC path, so the assumption is that the extra backslashes are superfluous. .RE -.SH "TILDE SUBSTITUTION" -.PP -In addition to the file name rules described above, Tcl also supports -\fIcsh\fR-style tilde substitution. If a file name starts with a tilde, -then the file name will be interpreted as if the first element is -replaced with the location of the home directory for the given user. If -the tilde is followed immediately by a separator, then the \fB$HOME\fR -environment variable is substituted. Otherwise the characters between -the tilde and the next separator are taken as a user name, which is used -to retrieve the user's home directory for substitution. This works on -Unix, MacOS X and Windows (except very old releases). -.PP -Old Windows platforms do not support tilde substitution when a user name -follows the tilde. On these platforms, attempts to use a tilde followed -by a user name will generate an error that the user does not exist when -Tcl attempts to interpret that part of the path or otherwise access the -file. The behaviour of these paths when not trying to interpret them is -the same as on Unix. File names that have a tilde without a user name -will be correctly substituted using the \fB$HOME\fR environment -variable, just like for Unix. .SH "PORTABILITY ISSUES" .PP Not all file systems are case sensitive, so scripts should avoid code |