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| author | Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> | 2005-10-09 20:58:09 -0700 |
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| committer | H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl> | 2005-10-10 10:36:51 +0000 |
| commit | eb6bfc3a256cb62844e9154104335915aca49aea (patch) | |
| tree | 96d6adaa28d15869481c7c53466f0b6ecc4e502f /win32 | |
| parent | 59bd6a32758679fe586e4b947bfaaf2220af9448 (diff) | |
| download | perl-eb6bfc3a256cb62844e9154104335915aca49aea.tar.gz | |
Win32::GetShortPathName() does not always return a short name [DOC PATCH]
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p4raw-id: //depot/perl@25728
Diffstat (limited to 'win32')
| -rw-r--r-- | win32/ext/Win32/Win32.pm | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/win32/ext/Win32/Win32.pm b/win32/ext/Win32/Win32.pm index af3f2fe175..689bd42693 100644 --- a/win32/ext/Win32/Win32.pm +++ b/win32/ext/Win32/Win32.pm @@ -545,9 +545,11 @@ different major/minor version number than Windows XP. =item Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME) -[CORE] Returns a representation of PATHNAME composed only of -short (8.3) path components. The result may not necessarily be -shorter than PATHNAME. Compare with Win32::GetFullPathName and +[CORE] Returns a representation of PATHNAME that is composed of short +(8.3) path components where available. For path components where the +file system has not generated the short form the returned path will +use the long form, so this function might still for instance return a +path containing spaces. Compare with Win32::GetFullPathName and Win32::GetLongPathName. =item Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE, PROCNAME) |