--- a/UnixOperatingSystem.st	Fri Jul 07 11:35:35 2000 +0200
+++ b/UnixOperatingSystem.st	Fri Jul 07 15:05:13 2000 +0200
@@ -4721,11 +4721,12 @@
             if (realpath(__stringVal(pathName), nameBuffer)) {
                 RETURN ( __MKSTRING(nameBuffer) );
             }
+            RETURN ( nil );
         }
 #endif /* ! HAS_REALPATH */
     }
 %}.
-    ^ nil
+    ^ self primitiveFailed
 !
 
 timeOfLastAccess:aPathName
@@ -8969,6 +8970,6 @@
 !UnixOperatingSystem class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/UnixOperatingSystem.st,v 1.84 2000-07-05 16:08:16 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/UnixOperatingSystem.st,v 1.85 2000-07-07 13:05:13 cg Exp $'
 ! !
 UnixOperatingSystem initialize!