patch 8.1.0894: MS-Windows: resolve() does not return a reparse point
Problem: MS-Windows: resolve() does not return a reparse point.
Solution: Improve resolve(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, closes #3896)
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index 0fc249c..c2150e5 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -7385,6 +7385,9 @@
resolve({filename}) *resolve()* *E655*
On MS-Windows, when {filename} is a shortcut (a .lnk file),
returns the path the shortcut points to in a simplified form.
+ When {filename} is a symbolic link or junction point, return
+ the full path to the target. If the target of junction is
+ removed, return {filename}.
On Unix, repeat resolving symbolic links in all path
components of {filename} and return the simplified result.
To cope with link cycles, resolving of symbolic links is