tools: Add section describing quoting libvirt domain names to docs (RHBZ#643624)

[libguestfs.git] / tools / virt-rescue

diff --git a/tools/virt-rescue b/tools/virt-rescue
index 7a87fbc..b8902a5 100755 (executable)
--- a/tools/virt-rescue
+++ b/tools/virt-rescue
@@ -228,6 +228,13 @@ exit 0;
 Several environment variables affect virt-rescue.  See
 L<guestfs(3)/ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES> for the complete list.
 
+=head1 SHELL QUOTING
+
+Libvirt guest names can contain arbitrary characters, some of which
+have meaning to the shell such as C<#> and space.  You may need to
+quote or escape these characters on the command line.  See the shell
+manual page L<sh(1)> for details.
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<guestfs(3)>,