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Date:      Wed, 7 Oct 2009 22:21:53 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r197848 - head/bin/sh
Message-ID:  <200910072221.n97MLsfX001294@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: jilles
Date: Wed Oct  7 22:21:53 2009
New Revision: 197848
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/197848

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

Modified:
  head/bin/sh/sh.1

Modified: head/bin/sh/sh.1
==============================================================================
--- head/bin/sh/sh.1	Wed Oct  7 21:14:45 2009	(r197847)
+++ head/bin/sh/sh.1	Wed Oct  7 22:21:53 2009	(r197848)
@@ -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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