[commit: packages/directory] master: Minor tweaks to documentation about special directories (69532e2)

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Repository : ssh://git@git.haskell.org/directory

On branch  : master
Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/69532e291bd233f61af21b62676253fcdcc46ce2/directory

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commit 69532e291bd233f61af21b62676253fcdcc46ce2
Author: Phil Ruffwind <rf at rufflewind.com>
Date:   Sat Oct 3 14:24:17 2015 -0400

    Minor tweaks to documentation about special directories


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69532e291bd233f61af21b62676253fcdcc46ce2
 System/Directory.hs | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/System/Directory.hs b/System/Directory.hs
index 525ac3b..0cd3d10 100644
--- a/System/Directory.hs
+++ b/System/Directory.hs
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ win32_fILE_SHARE_DELETE   = 0x00000004
 A directory contains a series of entries, each of which is a named
 reference to a file system object (file, directory etc.).  Some
 entries may be hidden, inaccessible, or have some administrative
-function (e.g. `.' or `..' under POSIX
-<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/>), but in
+function (e.g. @.@ or @..@ under
+<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399 POSIX>), but in
 this standard all such entries are considered to form part of the
 directory contents. Entries in sub-directories are not, however,
 considered to form part of the directory contents.
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ findFilesWith f (d:ds) fileName = do
 
 #ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
 {- |@'getDirectoryContents' dir@ returns a list of /all/ entries
-in /dir/.
+in /dir/, including @.@ and @..@ (even on Windows).
 
 The operation may fail with:
 



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