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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2012-12-20 16:47:26 +0000
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2012-12-20 16:47:26 +0000
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* pathnames.sgml (pathnames-at): Drop confusing description on
"embedded double quotes".
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml1
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
index bdfc1fd32..72f14df0f 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-12-20 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+ * pathnames.sgml (pathnames-at): Drop confusing description on
+ "embedded double quotes".
+
2012-12-14 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.18): Add sparse change.
diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml
index 774ad554d..5860ebb0b 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml
+++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml
@@ -993,7 +993,6 @@ starting with "@" in a special way. If a file
<filename>@pathname</filename> expands recursively to the content of
<filename>pathname</filename>. Double quotes can be used inside the
file to delimit strings containing blank space.
-Embedded double quotes must be repeated.
In the following example compare the behaviors of the bash built-in
<command>echo</command> and of the program <command>/bin/echo</command>.</para>