[Libguestfs] [PATCH] fish: add a small doc note about -- for args (RHBZ#1536603)
Richard W.M. Jones
rjones at redhat.com
Wed Feb 7 16:51:14 UTC 2018
On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 05:34:50PM +0100, Pino Toscano wrote:
> This will hint what to do when any argument of a command starts with a
> dash.
> ---
> fish/guestfish.pod | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod
> index ad98e975e..bbf43aad5 100644
> --- a/fish/guestfish.pod
> +++ b/fish/guestfish.pod
> @@ -458,6 +458,13 @@ command that gives an error causes the whole shell to exit. In
> interactive mode (with a prompt) if a command fails, you can continue
> to enter commands.
>
> +Note that arguments of the commands will be considered as guestfish
> +options if they start with a dash (C<->): you can always separate the
> +guestfish options and the rest of the commands (with their arguments)
> +using a double dash (C<-->). For example:
> +
> + guestfish -- disk_create overlay.qcow2 qcow2 -1 backingfile:image.img
> +
> =head1 USING launch (OR run)
>
> As with L<guestfs(3)>, you must first configure your guest by adding
ACK.
Rich.
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