Commit bf39f2d
doc: ntfs junction points must link to directories
Fixes: #40184
PR-URL: #47907
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Debadree Chatterjee <debadree333@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>1 parent 4293cc4 commit bf39f2d
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@@ -1596,7 +1596,8 @@ The `type` argument is only used on Windows platforms and can be one of `'dir'`, | |||
| 1596 | 1596 | autodetect `target` type and use `'file'` or `'dir'`. If the `target` does not | |
| 1597 | 1597 | exist, `'file'` will be used. Windows junction points require the destination | |
| 1598 | 1598 | path to be absolute. When using `'junction'`, the `target` argument will | |
| 1599 | - automatically be normalized to absolute path. | ||
| 1599 | + automatically be normalized to absolute path. Junction points on NTFS volumes | ||
| 1600 | + can only point to directories. | ||
| 1600 | 1601 | ||
| 1601 | 1602 | ### `fsPromises.truncate(path[, len])` | |
| 1602 | 1603 | ||
@@ -4265,7 +4266,8 @@ It can be set to `'dir'`, `'file'`, or `'junction'`. If the `type` argument is | |||
| 4265 | 4266 | not a string, Node.js will autodetect `target` type and use `'file'` or `'dir'`. | |
| 4266 | 4267 | If the `target` does not exist, `'file'` will be used. Windows junction points | |
| 4267 | 4268 | require the destination path to be absolute. When using `'junction'`, the | |
| 4268 | - `target` argument will automatically be normalized to absolute path. | ||
| 4269 | + `target` argument will automatically be normalized to absolute path. Junction | ||
| 4270 | + points on NTFS volumes can only point to directories. | ||
| 4269 | 4271 | ||
| 4270 | 4272 | Relative targets are relative to the link's parent directory. | |
| 4271 | 4273 | ||
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