@@ -2028,8 +2028,21 @@ changes:
20282028 * ` err ` {Error}
20292029 * ` resolvedPath ` {string|Buffer}
20302030
2031- Asynchronous realpath(3). The ` callback ` gets two arguments `(err,
2032- resolvedPath)` . May use ` process.cwd` to resolve relative paths.
2031+ Asynchronously computes the canonical pathname by resolving ` . ` , ` .. ` and
2032+ symbolic links.
2033+
2034+ Note that "canonical" does not mean "unique": hard links and bind mounts can
2035+ expose a file system entity through many pathnames.
2036+
2037+ This function behaves like realpath(3), with some exceptions:
2038+
2039+ 1 . No case conversion is performed on case-insensitive file systems.
2040+
2041+ 2 . The maximum number of symbolic links is platform-independent and generally
2042+ (much) higher than what the native realpath(3) implementation supports.
2043+
2044+ The ` callback ` gets two arguments ` (err, resolvedPath) ` . May use ` process.cwd `
2045+ to resolve relative paths.
20332046
20342047Only paths that can be converted to UTF8 strings are supported.
20352048
@@ -2041,6 +2054,33 @@ the path returned will be passed as a `Buffer` object.
20412054* Note* : If ` path ` resolves to a socket or a pipe, the function will return a
20422055system dependent name for that object.
20432056
2057+ ## fs.realpath.native(path[ , options] , callback)
2058+ <!-- YAML
2059+ added: v9.2.0
2060+ -->
2061+
2062+ * ` path ` {string|Buffer|URL}
2063+ * ` options ` {string|Object}
2064+ * ` encoding ` {string} ** Default:** ` 'utf8' `
2065+ * ` callback ` {Function}
2066+ * ` err ` {Error}
2067+ * ` resolvedPath ` {string|Buffer}
2068+
2069+ Asynchronous realpath(3).
2070+
2071+ The ` callback ` gets two arguments ` (err, resolvedPath) ` .
2072+
2073+ Only paths that can be converted to UTF8 strings are supported.
2074+
2075+ The optional ` options ` argument can be a string specifying an encoding, or an
2076+ object with an ` encoding ` property specifying the character encoding to use for
2077+ the path passed to the callback. If the ` encoding ` is set to ` 'buffer' ` ,
2078+ the path returned will be passed as a ` Buffer ` object.
2079+
2080+ * Note* : On Linux, when Node.js is linked against musl libc, the procfs file
2081+ system must be mounted on ` /proc ` in order for this function to work. Glibc
2082+ does not have this restriction.
2083+
20442084## fs.realpathSync(path[ , options] )
20452085<!-- YAML
20462086added: v0.1.31
@@ -2065,9 +2105,18 @@ changes:
20652105* ` options ` {string|Object}
20662106 * ` encoding ` {string} ** Default:** ` 'utf8' `
20672107
2068- Synchronous realpath(3). Returns the resolved path.
2108+ Synchronously computes the canonical pathname by resolving ` . ` , ` .. ` and
2109+ symbolic links.
20692110
2070- Only paths that can be converted to UTF8 strings are supported.
2111+ Note that "canonical" does not mean "unique": hard links and bind mounts can
2112+ expose a file system entity through many pathnames.
2113+
2114+ This function behaves like realpath(3), with some exceptions:
2115+
2116+ 1 . No case conversion is performed on case-insensitive file systems.
2117+
2118+ 2 . The maximum number of symbolic links is platform-independent and generally
2119+ (much) higher than what the native realpath(3) implementation supports.
20712120
20722121The optional ` options ` argument can be a string specifying an encoding, or an
20732122object with an ` encoding ` property specifying the character encoding to use for
@@ -2077,6 +2126,28 @@ will be passed as a `Buffer` object.
20772126* Note* : If ` path ` resolves to a socket or a pipe, the function will return a
20782127system dependent name for that object.
20792128
2129+ ## fs.realpathSync.native(path[ , options] )
2130+ <!-- YAML
2131+ added: v9.2.0
2132+ -->
2133+
2134+ * ` path ` {string|Buffer|URL}
2135+ * ` options ` {string|Object}
2136+ * ` encoding ` {string} ** Default:** ` 'utf8' `
2137+
2138+ Synchronous realpath(3).
2139+
2140+ Only paths that can be converted to UTF8 strings are supported.
2141+
2142+ The optional ` options ` argument can be a string specifying an encoding, or an
2143+ object with an ` encoding ` property specifying the character encoding to use for
2144+ the path passed to the callback. If the ` encoding ` is set to ` 'buffer' ` ,
2145+ the path returned will be passed as a ` Buffer ` object.
2146+
2147+ * Note* : On Linux, when Node.js is linked against musl libc, the procfs file
2148+ system must be mounted on ` /proc ` in order for this function to work. Glibc
2149+ does not have this restriction.
2150+
20802151## fs.rename(oldPath, newPath, callback)
20812152<!-- YAML
20822153added: v0.0.2
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