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authorEric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name>2020-12-01 21:37:12 -0600
committerRobby Workman <rworkman@slackware.com>2020-12-01 21:37:12 -0600
commit3d47ee175c694b101cb1bd668c6fe244c853e946 (patch)
tree262c26e49ac0eec9eda83f794e0777c52a2fe77f
parent9b950fcbaacb38c3c792ec49b9efb47288dc8c8b (diff)
downloadslackpkg-3d47ee175c694b101cb1bd668c6fe244c853e946.tar.xz
slackpkg.8: document issues with filenames having spaces
Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackware.com>
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diff --git a/files/slackpkg.8 b/files/slackpkg.8
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+++ b/files/slackpkg.8
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ distribution. Do you need a strange library? Use file-search to find it.
All packages with matching "filename" will be shown, thus you can see whether
the packages are installed or not; if not, you can download and install them
with other slackpkg actions.
+Multiple filenames may be requested for searching by separating them with
+space; those fragments will be ORed;
+still, "filename" must be one argument; quotes and/or escapes are at your
+discretion.
+See also
+.BR CAVEATS .
.TP 5
.B search
@@ -301,6 +307,13 @@ careful, this can put your machine in an unusable state. The "include"
handling can be activated/deactivated in slackpkg.conf or with the
appropriate option in command-line.
+.SH CAVEATS
+Long story short \(em spaces in filenames (of "file-search" action) are not
+supported.
+If you happen to be looking for a filename-with-space, you are safe to use the
+left-most part up to the space (in that the right-most part after the space
+will be ignored anyway (at best) or yield noise (at worst)).
+
.SH FILES
.TP 5
.B /etc/slackpkg/mirrors