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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/files.texi
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/files.texi |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Mar 2002 08:21:31 -0500 |
Index: emacs/man/files.texi
diff -c emacs/man/files.texi:1.64 emacs/man/files.texi:1.65
*** emacs/man/files.texi:1.64 Sun Mar 3 17:04:01 2002
--- emacs/man/files.texi Fri Mar 22 08:21:31 2002
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*** 103,108 ****
--- 103,110 ----
@cindex environment variables in file names
@cindex expansion of environment variables
+ @cindex @code{$} in file names
+ @anchor{File Names with @samp{$}}
@samp{$} in a file name is used to substitute environment variables.
For example, if you have used the shell command @command{export
FOO=rms/hacks} to set up an environment variable named @env{FOO}, then
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*** 3034,3040 ****
Likewise, quoting with @samp{/:} is one way to enter in the minibuffer
a file name that contains @samp{$}. However, the @samp{/:} must be at
! the beginning of the minibuffer in order to quote @samp{$}.
You can also quote wildcard characters with @samp{/:}, for visiting.
For example, @file{/:/tmp/foo*bar} visits the file @file{/tmp/foo*bar}.
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Likewise, quoting with @samp{/:} is one way to enter in the minibuffer
a file name that contains @samp{$}. However, the @samp{/:} must be at
! the beginning of the minibuffer in order to quote @samp{$}. (For
! another way of quoting @samp{$} 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}.