From 141a96cdbf72372c229940c4428cefe2c8de90ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vincentdarley <vincentdarley>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:40:18 +0000
Subject: documented path length restrictions

---
 doc/filename.n | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/filename.n b/doc/filename.n
index 34939c0..4721e5b 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 1.5 2001/08/23 17:37:07 vincentdarley Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: filename.n,v 1.6 2001/08/24 16:40:18 vincentdarley Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH filename n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ should choose file names that do not contain special characters like:
 alphanumeric characters only.  Also Windows 3.1 only supports file
 names with a root of no more than 8 characters and an extension of no
 more than 3 characters.
+.PP
+On Windows platforms there are file and path length restrictions. 
+Complete paths or filenames longer than about 260 characters will lead
+to errors in most file operations.
 
 .SH KEYWORDS
 current directory, absolute file name, relative file name,
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