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authorDaniel Friesel <derf@derf.homelinux.org>2010-01-03 13:00:58 +0100
committerDaniel Friesel <derf@derf.homelinux.org>2010-01-03 13:00:58 +0100
commitebde27381b403af79ba25cc2d8f3e3823a8ba764 (patch)
tree02dbcd1cce5b0baaf0b53c524b15bf3c59ba55d0 /man/1
parent5dc79a2cb1afd3bfaafb58ceee93219a29825017 (diff)
Preserve leading spaces, document shell problems with whitespaces & IFS
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@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ by default,
.Sh LIMITATIONS
Variable names or values must not contain null bytes or newlines.
.Pp
+Due to limitations imposed by most shells, it is not possible to save
+parameters containing more than one consecutive whitespace.
+.Nm
+will save and display them correctly, but unless you do
+.Ev IFS
+trickery, your shell will not be able to load them.
+.Pp
The current maximum length (in bytes) is 255 bytes for the variable name
and 1023 bytes for its content.
.Sh AUTHOR