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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2011-06-15 21:09:04 +0200 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2011-06-15 21:09:04 +0200 |
| commit | f9f0c31ae58250341636c3be9aa439c77c26fcc1 (patch) | |
| tree | 5877d3f0778d4b4b22fa624d31bb0c786c263cc0 /man/os-release.xml | |
| parent | 23b2a3300c11535022f3f54b4e0bd37153c129ba (diff) | |
man: clarify os-release in regards to spaces a bit
Diffstat (limited to 'man/os-release.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/os-release.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/os-release.xml b/man/os-release.xml index d8a45b303f..f85119d26a 100644 --- a/man/os-release.xml +++ b/man/os-release.xml @@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ <term><varname>ID=</varname></term> <listitem><para>A lower-case string - identifying the operating system, - excluding any version information and - suitable for processing by scripts. If - not set defaults to + (no spaces) identifying the operating + system, excluding any version + information and suitable for + processing by scripts or usage in + generated file names. If not set + defaults to <literal>linux</literal>. Example: <literal>ID=fedora</literal>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -128,10 +130,10 @@ <term><varname>VERSION_ID=</varname></term> <listitem><para>A lower-case string - (mostly numeric) identifying the + (mostly numeric, no spaces) identifying the operating system version, excluding any name information and suitable for - processing by scripts. Example: + processing by scripts or usage in generated file names. Example: <literal>VERSION_ID=15</literal>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |