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changeset 44086:5da94d5db448
(File Names): Add an index entry for $ in file names. Add an anchor.
(Quoted File Names): Add a cross-reference to where $ in file names
are discussed in "File Names".
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:21:31 +0000 |
| parents | 5e02984dbfd8 |
| children | c8f919cc34e2 |
| files | man/files.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/files.texi Fri Mar 22 13:01:09 2002 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Fri Mar 22 13:21:31 2002 +0000 @@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ @cindex environment variables in file names @cindex expansion of environment variables +@cindex @code{$} in file names +@anchor{File Names with @samp{$}} @samp{$} in a file name is used to substitute environment variables. For example, if you have used the shell command @command{export FOO=rms/hacks} to set up an environment variable named @env{FOO}, then @@ -3034,7 +3036,9 @@ Likewise, quoting with @samp{/:} is one way to enter in the minibuffer a file name that contains @samp{$}. However, the @samp{/:} must be at -the beginning of the minibuffer in order to quote @samp{$}. +the beginning of the minibuffer in order to quote @samp{$}. (For +another way of quoting @samp{$} in file names see @ref{File Names with +@samp{$}}.) You can also quote wildcard characters with @samp{/:}, for visiting. For example, @file{/:/tmp/foo*bar} visits the file @file{/tmp/foo*bar}.