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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi index 978278352bb..a40e3f706c0 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi +++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi @@ -1100,10 +1100,12 @@ In particular, since the memory dump files subdirectories named for the engine (@file{tex}, @file{pdftex}, @file{xetex}, etc.), you must specify an engine name in order to find them. For example, @file{cont-en.fmt} typically exists for both -@file{pdftex} and @file{xetex}. You can use @samp{--engine=/} to look -for any dump file, regardless of engine; if a dump file exists for -more than one engine, it's indeterminate which one is returned. (The -@samp{/} ends up specifying a normal recursive search in @file{texmf/web2c}.) +@file{pdftex} and @file{xetex}. With the default path settings, you +can use @samp{--engine=/} to look for any dump file, regardless of +engine; if a dump file exists for more than one engine, it's +indeterminate which one is returned. (The @samp{/} ends up specifying +a normal recursive search along the path where the dumps are stored, +namely @samp{$TEXMF/web2c@{/$engine,@}}.) @item --format=@var{name} @opindex --format=@var{name} |