From b8cec4a2571596692c1e0b27cc3953ecff712178 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boris Kolpackov Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:25:29 +0200 Subject: Add support for single quotes in option files --- doc/cli.xhtml | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/cli.xhtml') diff --git a/doc/cli.xhtml b/doc/cli.xhtml index 5a136af..e23b55a 100644 --- a/doc/cli.xhtml +++ b/doc/cli.xhtml @@ -212,11 +212,12 @@
Read additional options from file with each option appearing on a separate line optionally followed by space and an option value. Empty lines and lines starting with # are ignored. Option values can - be enclosed in double quotes ("") to preserve leading - and trailing whitespaces as well as to specify empty values. If the value - itself contains trailing or leading double quote, enclose it with an extra - pair of double quotes, for example ""x"". Non-leading - and non-trailing quotes are interpreted as being part of the option value. + be enclosed in double (") or single + (') quotes to preserve leading and trailing whitespaces + as well as to specify empty values. If the value itself contains trailing or + leading double quote, enclose it with an extra pair of quotes, for example + '"x"'. Non-leading and non-trailing quotes are + interpreted as being part of the option value.

The semantics of providing options in a file is equivalent to providing the same set of options in the same order on the command line at the point -- cgit v1.1