@var{filename}.
@end deffn
-@tindex find-file-wildcards
@defopt find-file-wildcards
If this variable is non-@code{nil}, then the various @code{find-file}
commands check for wildcard characters and visit all the files that
stored in the same directory as the file you are editing.
When you access files using NFS, there may be a small probability that
-you and another user will both lock the same file ``simultaneously''.
+you and another user will both lock the same file ``simultaneously.''
If this happens, it is possible for the two users to make changes
simultaneously, but Emacs will still warn the user who saves second.
Also, the detection of modification of a buffer visiting a file changed
@end defun
@defun file-name-extension filename &optional period
-This function returns @var{filename}'s final ``extension'', if any,
+This function returns @var{filename}'s final ``extension,'' if any,
after applying @code{file-name-sans-versions} to remove any
version/backup part. The extension, in a file name, is the part that
starts with the last @samp{.} in the last name component (minus
Andrew Innes says that this
@c @defvar directory-sep-char
-@c @tindex directory-sep-char
This variable holds the character that Emacs normally uses to separate
file name components. The default value is @code{?/}, but on MS-Windows
you can set it to @code{?\\}; then the functions that transform file names
two different jobs from trying to use the exact same file name.
@defun make-temp-file prefix &optional dir-flag suffix
-@tindex make-temp-file
This function creates a temporary file and returns its name. Emacs
creates the temporary file's name by adding to @var{prefix} some
random characters that are different in each Emacs job. The result is
non-@code{nil}.
@end defvar
-@tindex small-temporary-file-directory
@defvar small-temporary-file-directory
This variable specifies the directory name for
creating certain temporary files, which are likely to be small.
@var{file} in directory @var{dirname}. It is only available on VMS.
@end defun
-@tindex file-expand-wildcards
@defun file-expand-wildcards pattern &optional full
This function expands the wildcard pattern @var{pattern}, returning
a list of file names that match it.
possibly others to be added in the future. It need not implement all
these operations itself---when it has nothing special to do for a
certain operation, it can reinvoke the primitive, to handle the
-operation ``in the usual way''. It should always reinvoke the primitive
+operation ``in the usual way.'' It should always reinvoke the primitive
for an operation it does not recognize. Here's one way to do this:
@smallexample