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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2019-02-10 23:18:53 +0100
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2019-02-10 23:18:53 +0100
commitdce1e89be4675bcdbc9785584d3da25295481e63 (patch)
treebf5df09169e99ed6f60d67e2da4c4d29569d18a2 /runtime
parent3615abb693ab2d9374ae72f0993128e32ffa3e1c (diff)
patch 8.1.0894: MS-Windows: resolve() does not return a reparse pointv8.1.0894
Problem: MS-Windows: resolve() does not return a reparse point. Solution: Improve resolve(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, closes #3896)
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index 0fc249c8b2..c2150e5b90 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -7385,6 +7385,9 @@ repeat({expr}, {count}) *repeat()*
resolve({filename}) *resolve()* *E655*
On MS-Windows, when {filename} is a shortcut (a .lnk file),
returns the path the shortcut points to in a simplified form.
+ When {filename} is a symbolic link or junction point, return
+ the full path to the target. If the target of junction is
+ removed, return {filename}.
On Unix, repeat resolving symbolic links in all path
components of {filename} and return the simplified result.
To cope with link cycles, resolving of symbolic links is