Re: TRAMP can't expand local environment variable

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:55:41 +0200
> Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, "Ingersoll, Nelson" <Nelson.Ingersoll@atmel.com>
> 
> + (defun tramp-replace-environment-variables (filename)
> +   "Replace environment variables in FILENAME.
> + Return the string with the replaced variables."
> +   (when (string-match "$\\w+" filename)
> +     (setq filename
> +       (replace-match
> +        (substitute-in-file-name (match-string 0 filename))
> +        t nil filename)))
> +   filename)

Is there a way in Tramp to use file names with a literal $ in them,
and if so, would this code honor those literal $ characters?