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doc: ntfs junction points must link to directories
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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>
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bnoordhuis authored May 9, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -1596,7 +1596,8 @@ The `type` argument is only used on Windows platforms and can be one of `'dir'`,
autodetect `target` type and use `'file'` or `'dir'`. If the `target` does not
exist, `'file'` will be used. Windows junction points require the destination
path to be absolute. When using `'junction'`, the `target` argument will
automatically be normalized to absolute path.
automatically be normalized to absolute path. Junction points on NTFS volumes
can only point to directories.
### `fsPromises.truncate(path[, len])`
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not a string, Node.js will autodetect `target` type and use `'file'` or `'dir'`.
If the `target` does not exist, `'file'` will be used. Windows junction points
require the destination path to be absolute. When using `'junction'`, the
`target` argument will automatically be normalized to absolute path.
`target` argument will automatically be normalized to absolute path. Junction
points on NTFS volumes can only point to directories.

Relative targets are relative to the link's parent directory.
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