From 13a959312d353a2b55be39b49557a0c3f57903fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Franklin Yu Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 17:13:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Mention variable expansion in documentation --- website/source/docs/provisioning/file.html.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/provisioning/file.html.md b/website/source/docs/provisioning/file.html.md index 35dcfef69..114abf6a3 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/provisioning/file.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/provisioning/file.html.md @@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ The file provisioner takes only two options, both of which are required: * `destination` (string) - Is the remote path on the guest machine where the source will be uploaded to. The file/folder is uploaded as the SSH user over SCP, so this location must be writable to that user. The SSH user can be - determined by running `vagrant ssh-config`, and defaults to "vagrant". + determined by running `vagrant ssh-config`, and defaults to "vagrant". Both + forward and backward slash work for Windows guest. Variables like `$HOME` are + expanded by Vagrant, not by guest. ## Caveats