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Date:      Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:26:04 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r207132 - stable/8/bin/sh
Message-ID:  <201004231926.o3NJQ4UR092028@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: jilles
Date: Fri Apr 23 19:26:03 2010
New Revision: 207132
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/207132

Log:
  MFC r197848: Clarify quoting of word in ${v=word} in sh(1).

Modified:
  stable/8/bin/sh/sh.1
Directory Properties:
  stable/8/bin/sh/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/8/bin/sh/sh.1
==============================================================================
--- stable/8/bin/sh/sh.1	Fri Apr 23 19:20:56 2010	(r207131)
+++ stable/8/bin/sh/sh.1	Fri Apr 23 19:26:03 2010	(r207132)
@@ -1227,6 +1227,9 @@ In all cases, the
 final value of
 .Ar parameter
 is substituted.
+Quoting inside
+.Ar word
+does not prevent field splitting or pathname expansion.
 Only variables, not positional
 parameters or special parameters, can be
 assigned in this way.


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