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Posted to commits@commons.apache.org by mt...@apache.org on 2009/04/20 16:26:49 UTC
svn commit: r766706 -
/commons/sandbox/runtime/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/runtime/io/File.java
Author: mturk
Date: Mon Apr 20 14:26:49 2009
New Revision: 766706
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=766706&view=rev
Log:
Add a note about Windows support
Modified:
commons/sandbox/runtime/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/runtime/io/File.java
Modified: commons/sandbox/runtime/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/runtime/io/File.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/sandbox/runtime/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/runtime/io/File.java?rev=766706&r1=766705&r2=766706&view=diff
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--- commons/sandbox/runtime/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/runtime/io/File.java (original)
+++ commons/sandbox/runtime/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/runtime/io/File.java Mon Apr 20 14:26:49 2009
@@ -200,7 +200,12 @@
* <p>
* Symbolic links are interpreted at run-time as if the contents of
* the link had been substituted into the path being followed to find a
- * file or directory.
+ * file or directory. On some operating systems like
+ * {@code Microsoft Windows} only ceratain versions support symbolic
+ * link concept with limitation of {@code 32} symbolic links inside
+ * each directory. Windows versions before {@code Windows Vista} do not
+ * support symbolic links at all in which case the
+ * {@code UnsupportedOperationException} exception is thrown.
* </p>
* <p>
* Symbolic links may contain {@code ..} path components, which
@@ -237,7 +242,12 @@
* <p>
* Symbolic links are interpreted at run-time as if the contents of
* the link had been substituted into the path being followed to find a
- * file or directory.
+ * file or directory. On some operating systems like
+ * {@code Microsoft Windows} only ceratain versions support symbolic
+ * link concept with limitation of {@code 32} symbolic links inside
+ * each directory. Windows versions before {@code Windows Vista} do not
+ * support symbolic links at all in which case the
+ * {@code UnsupportedOperationException} exception is thrown.
* </p>
* <p>
* Symbolic links may contain {@code ..} path components, which