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@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ The following command-line options are recognized by the commands {\tt
recursively available from {\Coq} using absolute names (extending
the {\dirpath} prefix) (see Section~\ref{LongNames}).
+ Note that only those subdirectories and files which obey the lexical
+ conventions of what is an {\ident} (see Section~\ref{lexical})
+ are taken into account. Conversely, the underlying file systems or
+ operating systems may be more restrictive than {\Coq}. While Linux's
+ ext4 file system supports any {\Coq} recursive layout
+ (within the limit of 255 bytes per file name), the default on NTFS
+ (Windows) or HFS+ (MacOS X) file systems is on the contrary to
+ disallow two files differing only in the case in the same directory.
+
\SeeAlso Section~\ref{Libraries}.
\item[{\tt -R} {\em directory} {\dirpath}]\ %