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diff --git a/guestfish.pod b/guestfish.pod
index 2e50873..affb83b 100644 (file)
--- a/guestfish.pod
+++ b/guestfish.pod
@@ -250,9 +250,13 @@ quotes.  For example:
  rm '/"'
 
 A few commands require a list of strings to be passed.  For these, use
  rm '/"'
 
 A few commands require a list of strings to be passed.  For these, use

-a space-separated list, enclosed in quotes.  For example:
+a whitespace-separated list, enclosed in quotes.  Strings containing whitespace
+to be passed through must be enclosed in single quotes.  A literal single quote
+must be escaped with a backslash.

 
  vgcreate VG "/dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1"
 
  vgcreate VG "/dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1"

+ command "/bin/echo 'foo      bar'"
+ command "/bin/echo \'foo\'"

 
 =head1 WILDCARDS AND GLOBBING
 
 
 =head1 WILDCARDS AND GLOBBING
 


@@ -568,6 +572,10 @@ Set the default qemu binary that libguestfs uses.  If not set, then
 the qemu which was found at compile time by the configure script is
 used.
 
 the qemu which was found at compile time by the configure script is
 used.
 

+=item LIBGUESTFS_TRACE
+
+Set C<LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1> to enable command traces.
+

 =item PAGER
 
 The C<more> command uses C<$PAGER> as the pager.  If not
 =item PAGER
 
 The C<more> command uses C<$PAGER> as the pager.  If not