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authorBryan Kadzban <bryan@linuxfromscratch.org>2006-09-23 00:27:35 +0000
committerBryan Kadzban <bryan@linuxfromscratch.org>2006-09-23 00:27:35 +0000
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Changed the notes in sections 7.13.1 and 7.14.1 to be explicit about the lack of quotes around EOF.
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@@ -59,10 +59,16 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
incorrect by default when every distro does this right. -->
<note>
- <para>Although the examples in this book work properly, be aware
- that Udev does not recognize the backslash for line continuation.
- If modifying Udev rules with an editor, be sure to leave each rule
- on one physical line.</para>
+ <para>Be aware that Udev does not recognize the backslash for line
+ continuation. The examples in this book work properly because both
+ the backslash and newline are ignored by the shell. This makes the
+ shell send each rule to cat on only one line. (The shell ignores
+ this sequence because the EOF string used in the here-document
+ redirection is not enclosed in either double or single quotes. For
+ more details, see the bash(1) manpage, and search it for "Here
+ Documents".)</para>
+ <para>If modifying Udev rules with an editor, be sure to leave each
+ rule on one physical line.</para>
</note>
<para>If you are going to use the bus position as a key, create