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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2002-03-22 13:21:31 +0000 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2002-03-22 13:21:31 +0000 |
commit | f7d957982bfd54e9e4002dce76c6d676b7d91e97 (patch) | |
tree | aee4b8fd63ba197bca2d58d8bd5d1a2c9713ca1b | |
parent | a9985461aa9714c647e75d518aa4836cc45c6804 (diff) | |
download | emacs-f7d957982bfd54e9e4002dce76c6d676b7d91e97.tar.gz |
(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".
-rw-r--r-- | man/files.texi | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index bb0866abec5..d119a85eb7d 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ first slash in the double slash; the result is @samp{/x1/rms/foo}. @cindex environment variables in file names @cindex expansion of environment variables +@cindex @code{$} in file names +@anchor{File Names with @samp{$}} @samp{$} in a file name is used to substitute environment variables. For example, if you have used the shell command @command{export FOO=rms/hacks} to set up an environment variable named @env{FOO}, then @@ -3034,7 +3036,9 @@ refers to a file whose name is @file{~hack} in directory @file{/tmp}. Likewise, quoting with @samp{/:} is one way to enter in the minibuffer a file name that contains @samp{$}. 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}. |