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| author | Eli Zaretskii | 2002-03-22 13:21:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii | 2002-03-22 13:21:31 +0000 |
| commit | de508b5f248dccadd03b93e2a6383d66ee77b13c (patch) | |
| tree | 4b0c150eb1dd6b52ab2cf90e962c916612831a08 /man | |
| parent | b9b1a85344e1c5c02c5f7e4c2f4bd244c604b011 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-de508b5f248dccadd03b93e2a6383d66ee77b13c.tar.gz emacs-de508b5f248dccadd03b93e2a6383d66ee77b13c.zip | |
(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".
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -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}. | |||
| 103 | 103 | ||
| 104 | @cindex environment variables in file names | 104 | @cindex environment variables in file names |
| 105 | @cindex expansion of environment variables | 105 | @cindex expansion of environment variables |
| 106 | @cindex @code{$} in file names | ||
| 107 | @anchor{File Names with @samp{$}} | ||
| 106 | @samp{$} in a file name is used to substitute environment variables. | 108 | @samp{$} in a file name is used to substitute environment variables. |
| 107 | For example, if you have used the shell command @command{export | 109 | For example, if you have used the shell command @command{export |
| 108 | FOO=rms/hacks} to set up an environment variable named @env{FOO}, then | 110 | 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}. | |||
| 3034 | 3036 | ||
| 3035 | Likewise, quoting with @samp{/:} is one way to enter in the minibuffer | 3037 | Likewise, quoting with @samp{/:} is one way to enter in the minibuffer |
| 3036 | a file name that contains @samp{$}. However, the @samp{/:} must be at | 3038 | a file name that contains @samp{$}. However, the @samp{/:} must be at |
| 3037 | the beginning of the minibuffer in order to quote @samp{$}. | 3039 | the beginning of the minibuffer in order to quote @samp{$}. (For |
| 3040 | another way of quoting @samp{$} in file names see @ref{File Names with | ||
| 3041 | @samp{$}}.) | ||
| 3038 | 3042 | ||
| 3039 | You can also quote wildcard characters with @samp{/:}, for visiting. | 3043 | You can also quote wildcard characters with @samp{/:}, for visiting. |
| 3040 | For example, @file{/:/tmp/foo*bar} visits the file @file{/tmp/foo*bar}. | 3044 | For example, @file{/:/tmp/foo*bar} visits the file @file{/tmp/foo*bar}. |