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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 52532c2 commit bf4eb05
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@@ -1579,7 +1579,8 @@ Creates a symbolic link. | |||
| 1579 | 1579 | The `type` argument is only used on Windows platforms and can be one of `'dir'`, | |
| 1580 | 1580 | `'file'`, or `'junction'`. Windows junction points require the destination path | |
| 1581 | 1581 | to be absolute. When using `'junction'`, the `target` argument will | |
| 1582 | - automatically be normalized to absolute path. | ||
| 1582 | + automatically be normalized to absolute path. Junction points on NTFS volumes | ||
| 1583 | + can only point to directories. | ||
| 1583 | 1584 | ||
| 1584 | 1585 | ### `fsPromises.truncate(path[, len])` | |
| 1585 | 1586 | ||
@@ -4204,7 +4205,8 @@ It can be set to `'dir'`, `'file'`, or `'junction'`. If the `type` argument is | |||
| 4204 | 4205 | not a string, Node.js will autodetect `target` type and use `'file'` or `'dir'`. | |
| 4205 | 4206 | If the `target` does not exist, `'file'` will be used. Windows junction points | |
| 4206 | 4207 | require the destination path to be absolute. When using `'junction'`, the | |
| 4207 | - `target` argument will automatically be normalized to absolute path. | ||
| 4208 | + `target` argument will automatically be normalized to absolute path. Junction | ||
| 4209 | + points on NTFS volumes can only point to directories. | ||
| 4208 | 4210 | ||
| 4209 | 4211 | Relative targets are relative to the link's parent directory. | |
| 4210 | 4212 | ||
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