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Added note about non-support of UNC paths on Windows.
This fixes SF bug #465447.
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‎Doc/lib/libos.tex‎

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but makes all intermediate-level directories needed to contain the
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leaf directory. Throws an \exception{error} exception if the leaf
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directory already exists or cannot be created. The default \var{mode}
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is \code{0777} (octal).
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is \code{0777} (octal). This function does not properly handle UNC
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paths (only relevant on Windows systems).
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\versionadded{1.5.2}
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\end{funcdesc}
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‎Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex‎

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This module implements some useful functions on pathnames.
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\index{path!operations}
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\strong{Warning:} On Windows, many of these functions do not properly
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support UNC pathnames. \function{splitunc()} and \function{ismount()}
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do handle them correctly.
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\begin{funcdesc}{abspath}{path}
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Return a normalized absolutized version of the pathname \var{path}.

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