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@@ -2288,7 +2288,9 @@ Example: \fBMAILPATH\fP=\(aq/var/mail/bfox?"You have mail":~/shell\-mail?"$_ has mail!"\(aq .PP .B Bash -supplies a default value for this variable, but the location of the user +can be configured to supply +a default value for this variable (there is no value by default), +but the location of the user mail files that it uses is system dependent (e.g., /var/mail/\fB$USER\fP). .RE .TP @@ -3724,7 +3726,10 @@ before the standard output was redirected to .IR dirlist . .PP \fBBash\fP handles several filenames specially when they are used in -redirections, as described in the following table: +redirections, as described in the following table. +If the operating system on which \fBbash\fP is running provides these +special files, bash will use them; otherwise it will emulate them +internally with the behavior described below. .RS .PP .PD 0 |