# HG changeset patch
# User Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
# Date 1087430206 0
# Node ID fdd6cb3fe998ddb348dcbd5dbddc6d36e679f5b5
# Parent  efe31ed8a713146af282bb7d113410410adb7a81
(parse-colon-path, cd): Mention in docstring that the path separator is
colon in GNU-like systems.

diff -r efe31ed8a713 -r fdd6cb3fe998 lisp/files.el
--- a/lisp/files.el	Wed Jun 16 23:50:03 2004 +0000
+++ b/lisp/files.el	Wed Jun 16 23:56:46 2004 +0000
@@ -527,7 +527,8 @@
 
 (defun parse-colon-path (cd-path)
   "Explode a search path into a list of directory names.
-Directories are separated by occurrences of `path-separator'."
+Directories are separated by occurrences of `path-separator'
+\(which is colon in GNU and GNU-like systems)."
   ;; We could use split-string here.
   (and cd-path
        (let (cd-list (cd-start 0) cd-colon)
@@ -562,7 +563,8 @@
   "Make DIR become the current buffer's default directory.
 If your environment includes a `CDPATH' variable, try each one of
 that list of directories (separated by occurrences of
-`path-separator') when resolving a relative directory name."
+`path-separator') when resolving a relative directory name.
+The path separator is colon in GNU and GNU-like systems."
   (interactive
    (list (read-directory-name "Change default directory: "
 			 default-directory default-directory