[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files Mention that semicolon is a shell meta...

[wiz <wiz%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/7298af9ac7c0
branches:  trunk
changeset: 493449:7298af9ac7c0
user:      wiz <wiz%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Fri May 06 21:24:21 2005 +0000

description:
Mention that semicolon is a shell meta-character and that it probably
needs quoting in the PKG_PATH, to avoid user confusion.
Reviewed by dillo.

diffstat:

 doc/guide/files/using.xml |  4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diffs (18 lines):

diff -r a4cf4f1f0d04 -r 7298af9ac7c0 doc/guide/files/using.xml
--- a/doc/guide/files/using.xml Fri May 06 21:12:09 2005 +0000
+++ b/doc/guide/files/using.xml Fri May 06 21:24:21 2005 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: using.xml,v 1.6 2005/05/06 00:46:43 wiz Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: using.xml,v 1.7 2005/05/06 21:24:21 wiz Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="using"> <?dbhtml filename="using.html"?>
   <title>Using pkgsrc</title>
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
         acceptable for your configuration. An example
         <varname>PKG_PATH</varname> would be:
       <filename>ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/&lt;OSvers&gt;/&lt;arch&gt;/All;ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/&lt;OSvers&gt;/&lt;arch&gt;/vulnerable</filename></para>
+        Please note that semicolon (';') is a shell meta-character, so
+        you'll probably have to quote it.
 
       <para>After you've installed packages, be sure to have
         <filename>/usr/pkg/bin</filename> in your