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author Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
date Fri, 22 Jul 2005 08:27:27 +0000
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476 This variable defaults to @file{~/.bash_history} if you use Bash, to 476 This variable defaults to @file{~/.bash_history} if you use Bash, to
477 @file{~/.sh_history} if you use ksh, and to @file{~/.history} 477 @file{~/.sh_history} if you use ksh, and to @file{~/.history}
478 otherwise. 478 otherwise.
479 @item HOME 479 @item HOME
480 The location of the user's files in the directory tree; used for 480 The location of the user's files in the directory tree; used for
481 expansion of file names starting with a tilde (@file{~}). On MS-DOS, it 481 expansion of file names starting with a tilde (@file{~}). On MS-DOS,
482 defaults to the directory from which Emacs was started, with @samp{/bin} 482 it defaults to the directory from which Emacs was started, with
483 removed from the end if it was present. On Windows, the default value 483 @samp{/bin} removed from the end if it was present. On Windows, the
484 of @env{HOME} is @file{C:/}, the root directory of drive @file{C:}. 484 default value of @env{HOME} is the @file{Application Data}
485 subdirectory of the user profile directory (normally, this is
486 @file{C:/Documents and Settings/@var{username}/Application Data},
487 where @var{username} is your user name), though for backwards
488 compatibility @file{C:/} will be used instead if a @file{.emacs} file
489 is found there.
485 @item HOSTNAME 490 @item HOSTNAME
486 The name of the machine that Emacs is running on. 491 The name of the machine that Emacs is running on.
487 @item INCPATH 492 @item INCPATH
488 A colon-separated list of directories. Used by the @code{complete} package 493 A colon-separated list of directories. Used by the @code{complete} package
489 to search for files. 494 to search for files.