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| author | Chris Atkinson <cwa@pipeline.com> | 2015-01-01 16:35:34 -0500 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2015-01-05 22:49:56 -0500 |
| commit | 995084c7b4683190404ec90f8924b3433b5a1a18 (patch) | |
| tree | 0438a36c137b66e3066cb357750a0f39affe51f4 /man | |
| parent | 15f7a395c8f0b493c5ab8f57e6af7db7ad14688a (diff) | |
man: clarify path escaping and reference systemd-escape
This patch adds more detail to the description of how path escaping
operates and provides a pointer to the systemd-escape program. Either
would serve to answer the question raised in the bug report, so
hopefully this will allow it to be closed.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87688
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.unit.xml | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml index 1afa600a0..ae243d671 100644 --- a/man/systemd.unit.xml +++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml @@ -229,12 +229,17 @@ the file system namespace. If this applies, a special way to escape the path name is used, so that the result is usable as part of a filename. Basically, - given a path, "/" is replaced by "-", and all - unprintable characters and the "-" are replaced by - C-style "\x2d" escapes. The root directory "/" is - encoded as single dash, while otherwise the initial - and ending "/" is removed from all paths during - transformation. This escaping is reversible.</para> + given a path, "/" is replaced by "-" and all other + characters which are not ASCII alphanumerics are + replaced by C-style "\x2d" escapes (except that "_" + is never replaced and "." is only replaced when it + would be the first character in the escaped path). + The root directory "/" is encoded as single dash, + while otherwise the initial and ending "/" are removed + from all paths during transformation. This escaping + is reversible. Properly escaped paths can be generated + using the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-escape</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + command.</para> <para>Optionally, units may be instantiated from a template file at runtime. This allows creation of |