From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:05:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (General Variables): Document the default value of $HOME on Windows.
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(General Variables): Document the default value of $HOME on Windows.
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diff --git a/man/cmdargs.texi b/man/cmdargs.texi
index e3126a6b789..73b2e5e4942 100644
--- a/man/cmdargs.texi
+++ b/man/cmdargs.texi
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ you use ksh, and to @file{~/.history} otherwise.
 The location of the user's files in the directory tree; used for
 expansion of file names starting with a tilde (@file{~}).  On MS-DOS, it
 defaults to the directory from which Emacs was started, with @samp{/bin}
-removed from the end if it was present.
+removed from the end if it was present.  On Windows, the default value
+of @code{HOME} is @file{C:/}, the root directory of drive @file{C:}.
 @item HOSTNAME
 The name of the machine that Emacs is running on.
 @item INCPATH