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diff --git a/doc/ref/posix.texi b/doc/ref/posix.texi index 880ac4184..45f320f45 100644 --- a/doc/ref/posix.texi +++ b/doc/ref/posix.texi @@ -1038,7 +1038,12 @@ platform. @end deffn @defvr {Scheme Variable} file-name-separator-string -The standard file name separator. +The preferred file name separator. + +Note that on MinGW builds for Windows, both @code{/} and @code{\} are +valid separators. Thus, programs should not assume that +@code{file-name-separator-string} is the @emph{only} file name +separator---e.g., when extracting the components of a file name. @end defvr |