int 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_GetStringFromObj(fileNamePtr, &dirLength);
	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

	     * -- these must be expanded first).
	     */

	    transPtr = Tcl_FSGetTranslatedPath(NULL, toPtr);
	    if (transPtr == NULL) {
		return NULL;
	    }
	    target = Tcl_GetStringFromObj(transPtr, &targetLen);
	    target = Tcl_UtfToExternalDString(NULL, target, targetLen, &ds);
	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(transPtr);

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

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

    str = Tcl_GetStringFromObj(validPathPtr, &len);
    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;