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(File Names): Add an index entry for $ in file names. Add an anchor.

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(Quoted File Names): Add a cross-reference to where $ in file names
are discussed in "File Names".
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Eli Zaretskii 2002-03-22 13:21:31 +00:00
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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}.