From 3d47ee175c694b101cb1bd668c6fe244c853e946 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Pozharski Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 21:37:12 -0600 Subject: slackpkg.8: document issues with filenames having spaces Signed-off-by: Robby Workman --- files/slackpkg.8 | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/files/slackpkg.8 b/files/slackpkg.8 index 4ec901a..02da92f 100644 --- a/files/slackpkg.8 +++ 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 -- cgit v1.2.3