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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-config.8.xml')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-config.8.xml b/doc/apt-config.8.xml index 94aeec059..0295cb193 100644 --- a/doc/apt-config.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-config.8.xml @@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ eval $RES <varlistentry> <term><option>--format '<replaceable>%f "%v";%n</replaceable>'</option></term> - <listitem><para>Defines the output of each config option. %t will be replaced with the tagname, - %f with the complete tagname and %v with the value of the option. - Use uppercase letters and the respective values will be quoted. Additionally + <listitem><para>Defines the output of each config option. %t will be replaced with the name of the option, + %f with the complete optionname and %v with the value of the option. + Use uppercase letters and special characters in the value will be encoded to ensure that + it can e.g. be savely used in a quoted-string as defined by RFC822. Additionally %n will be replaced by a newline, %N by a tab. A % can be printed by using %%.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |