[Tcl-bugs] [ tcl-Bugs-1826826 ] sysnative path name not found

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Bugs item #1826826, was opened at 2007-11-06 05:01
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Category: 36. File System
Group: current: 8.4.16
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Vince Darley (vincentdarley)
Summary: sysnative path name not found

Initial Comment:
On windows 2008 and windows vista a 32 bit application's runtime files are located in %windir%/SysWow64. Windows uses a runtime switch to change file paths from %windir%/system32 to this new location. 

However Microsoft added a reserved path (SysNative see File system redirector http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384187.aspx) to allow 32 bit applications to access the system32 directory. This does not seem to work in TCL.

The file Arp.exe exists in the system32 and the SysWow64 directory.

file size "c:\\windows\\system32\\arp.exe" works as this links to the SysWoW64 file

file size "c:\\windows\\Sysnative\\arp.exe" returns file not found

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