summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/doc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/filename.n9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
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