@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
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@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.