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| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.service.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index 4368ca8a19..7e96989583 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -922,7 +922,10 @@ the arguments. Double quotes ("...") and single quotes ('...') may be used, in which case everything until the next matching quote becomes part of the same argument. C-style escapes are also - supported, see table below. Quotes themselves are removed after + supported. The table below contains the list of allowed escape + patterns. Only patterns which match the syntax in the table are + allowed; others will result in an error, and must be escaped by + doubling the backslash. Quotes themselves are removed after parsing and escape sequences substituted. In addition, a trailing backslash (<literal>\</literal>) may be used to merge lines. </para> @@ -939,7 +942,7 @@ <literal>&</literal>, and <emphasis>other elements of shell syntax are not supported</emphasis>.</para> - <para>The command to execute must an absolute path name. It may + <para>The command to execute must be an absolute path name. It may contain spaces, but control characters are not allowed.</para> <para>The command line accepts <literal>%</literal> specifiers as |