X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=guestfish.pod;h=affb83b30818d35d5f22115950d8932bf9ee5fdf;hp=2e50873f5158cf8012864646217b2d27f0ca9d9a;hb=7801621dc946fe894c960e683db3cf921ef23af6;hpb=d5b89d36224b394391af09fba7ed0a7921175610

diff --git a/guestfish.pod b/guestfish.pod
index 2e50873..affb83b 100644
--- 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
-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"
+ command "/bin/echo 'foo      bar'"
+ command "/bin/echo \'foo\'"
 
 =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.
 
+=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