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Posted to dev@ant.apache.org by pe...@apache.org on 2006/10/01 00:52:17 UTC
svn commit: r451692 - /ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/dirname.html
Author: peterreilly
Date: Sat Sep 30 15:52:16 2006
New Revision: 451692
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=451692
Log:
describe difference of <dirname> and unix dirname
Modified:
ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/dirname.html
Modified: ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/dirname.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/dirname.html?view=diff&rev=451692&r1=451691&r2=451692
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--- ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/dirname.html (original)
+++ ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/dirname.html Sat Sep 30 15:52:16 2006
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
filename, the filename will be dropped. If the specified file is just
a filename, the directory will be the current directory.
</p>
+ <p>
+ <em>Note:</em> This is not the same as the UNIX dirname command, which is
+ defined as "strip non-directory suffix from filename". <dirname>
+ determines the full directory path of the specified file.
+ </p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
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