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[elogind.git] / man / systemd.exec.xml

diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index 71472b4f5dd308f1b6ee8fc18fdb656beab44733..a0fca5996b16ad80f80bb107e7ed470e2828f336 100644 (file)
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -286,9 +286,24 @@
                                 empty string is assigned to this
                                 option the list of environment
                                 variables is reset, all prior
                                 empty string is assigned to this
                                 option the list of environment
                                 variables is reset, all prior

-                                assignments have no effect. See
+                                assignments have no effect.
+                                Variable expansion is not performed
+                                inside the strings, and $ has no special
+                                meaning.
+                                If you need to assign a value containing spaces
+                                to a variable, use double quotes (")
+                                for the assignment.</para>
+
+                                <para>Example:
+                                <programlisting>Environment="VAR1=word1 word2" VAR2=word3 "VAR3=word 5 6"</programlisting>
+                                gives three variables <literal>VAR1</literal>,
+                                <literal>VAR2</literal>, <literal>VAR3</literal>.
+                                </para>
+
+                                <para>
+                                See

                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>

-                                for details.</para></listitem>
+                                for details about environment variables.</para></listitem>

                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>EnvironmentFile=</varname></term>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>EnvironmentFile=</varname></term>


@@ -299,9 +314,11 @@
                                 contain new-line separated variable
                                 assignments. Empty lines and lines
                                 starting with ; or # will be ignored,
                                 contain new-line separated variable
                                 assignments. Empty lines and lines
                                 starting with ; or # will be ignored,

-                                which may be used for commenting. The
-                                parser strips leading and
-                                trailing whitespace from the values
+                                which may be used for commenting. A line
+                                ending with a backslash will be concatenated
+                                with the following one, allowing multiline variable
+                                definitions. The parser strips leading
+                                and trailing whitespace from the values

                                 of assignments, unless you use
                                 double quotes (").</para>
 
                                 of assignments, unless you use
                                 double quotes (").</para>