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Diffstat (limited to 'libjava/java/io/File.java')
| -rw-r--r-- | libjava/java/io/File.java | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/java/io/File.java b/libjava/java/io/File.java index 1b02b60..55b7b08 100644 --- a/libjava/java/io/File.java +++ b/libjava/java/io/File.java @@ -508,9 +508,9 @@ public class File implements Serializable, Comparable /** * This method returns a canonical representation of the pathname of * this file. The actual form of the canonical representation is - * different. On the GNU system, the canonical form differs from the - * absolute form in that all relative file references to "." and ".." - * are resolved and removed. + * system-dependent. On the GNU system, conversion to canonical + * form involves the removal of redundant separators, references to + * "." and "..", and symbolic links. * <p> * Note that this method, unlike the other methods which return path * names, can throw an IOException. This is because native method |