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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2002-03-22 13:21:31 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2002-03-22 13:21:31 +0000
commitf7d957982bfd54e9e4002dce76c6d676b7d91e97 (patch)
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parenta9985461aa9714c647e75d518aa4836cc45c6804 (diff)
downloademacs-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".
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diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi
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--- a/man/files.texi
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@@ -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}.