Re: "$" in path or file names and ang-ftp.el

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From: Andy Norman
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 1990 08:41

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>>>>> "Ping" == zhou@linac.fnal.gov (Ping Zhou) writes:

Ping> When using ang-ftp package, how do I prevent it from interpreting stuff in
Ping> path or file names after "$" (like in VMS ;-) as a environment variable ?
Ping> "\$" doesn't do it!

Both standard GNU Emacs and ange-ftp.el support $$ in a pathname to stand for
a single $.

Note that some of the directory listing features in ange-ftp won't work on
non-UNIX machines such as VMS.
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From: ange@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Andy Norman)
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Subject: Re: "$" in path or file names and ang-ftp.el
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Date: 7 Nov 90 08:41:31 GMT
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