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authorJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2019-01-29 15:27:26 +0000
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2019-01-29 15:27:26 +0000
commit3f9700ab53b9f4fa4a2667957afb249f5639da9d (patch)
tree091bdf4423eb8e073b414768e095bb0581775565
parent77b0ec2d0a1f29612f5af6843a92856a45dbaf98 (diff)
Docs: clarify quoting for $pipe_addresses
The texinfo output version has single-quotes round a variable, so the sentence saying "precisely the text" was difficult to interpret.
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index c53a392a4..4d4bab7c2 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -23581,7 +23581,8 @@ command = /bin/sh -c ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{/some/file}}
.cindex "filter" "transport filter"
.vindex "&$pipe_addresses$&"
Special handling takes place when an argument consists of precisely the text
-&`$pipe_addresses`&. This is not a general expansion variable; the only
+&`$pipe_addresses`& (no quotes).
+This is not a general expansion variable; the only
place this string is recognized is when it appears as an argument for a pipe or
transport filter command. It causes each address that is being handled to be
inserted in the argument list at that point &'as a separate argument'&. This