}
	Tcl_DecrRefCount(tailPtr);
	Tcl_DecrRefCount(fileNamePtr);
    } else {
	DIR *d;
	Tcl_DirEntry *entryPtr;
	const char *dirName;
	size_t dirLength, nativeDirLen;
	int matchHidden, matchHiddenPat;
	Tcl_StatBuf statBuf;
	Tcl_DString ds;		/* native encoding of dir */
	Tcl_DString dsOrig;	/* utf-8 encoding of dir */

	Tcl_DStringInit(&dsOrig);
	dirName = Tcl_GetString(fileNamePtr);
	dirLength = fileNamePtr->length;
	Tcl_DStringAppend(&dsOrig, dirName, dirLength);

	/*
	 * Make sure that the directory part of the name really is a
	 * directory. If the directory name is "", use the name "." instead,
	 * because some UNIX systems don't treat "" like "." automatically.
	 * Keep the "" for use in generating file names, otherwise "glob

	}

	/*
	 * Check symbolic link flag first, since we prefer to create these.
	 */

	if (linkAction & TCL_CREATE_SYMBOLIC_LINK) {
	    size_t targetLen;
	    Tcl_DString ds;
	    Tcl_Obj *transPtr;

	    /*
	     * Now we don't want to link to the absolute, normalized path.
	     * Relative links are quite acceptable (but links to ~user are not
	     * -- these must be expanded first).
	     */

	    transPtr = Tcl_FSGetTranslatedPath(NULL, toPtr);
	    if (transPtr == NULL) {
		return NULL;
	    }
	    target = Tcl_GetString(transPtr);
	    targetLen = transPtr->length;
	    target = Tcl_UtfToExternalDString(NULL, target, targetLen, &ds);
	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(transPtr);

	    if (symlink(target, src) != 0) {
		toPtr = NULL;
	    }
	    Tcl_DStringFree(&ds);

TclNativeCreateNativeRep(
    Tcl_Obj *pathPtr)
{
    char *nativePathPtr;
    const char *str;
    Tcl_DString ds;
    Tcl_Obj *validPathPtr;
    size_t len;

    if (TclFSCwdIsNative()) {
	/*
	 * The cwd is native, which means we can use the translated path
	 * without worrying about normalization (this will also usually be
	 * shorter so the utf-to-external conversion will be somewhat faster).
	 */

	validPathPtr = Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath(NULL, pathPtr);
	if (validPathPtr == NULL) {
	    return NULL;
	}
	Tcl_IncrRefCount(validPathPtr);
    }

    str = Tcl_GetString(validPathPtr);
    len = validPathPtr->length;
    Tcl_UtfToExternalDString(NULL, str, len, &ds);
    len = Tcl_DStringLength(&ds) + sizeof(char);
    if (strlen(Tcl_DStringValue(&ds)) < len - sizeof(char)) {
	/* See bug [3118489]: NUL in filenames */
	Tcl_DecrRefCount(validPathPtr);
	Tcl_DStringFree(&ds);
	return NULL;
    }
    Tcl_DecrRefCount(validPathPtr);
    nativePathPtr = ckalloc(len);
    memcpy(nativePathPtr, Tcl_DStringValue(&ds), len);

    Tcl_DStringFree(&ds);
    return nativePathPtr;
}

/*
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------