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-rw-r--r-- | bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml | 15 |
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diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml index dcb1f1e3cf..ada4e22d66 100644 --- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml +++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml | |||
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ | |||
44 | VARIABLE = " " | 44 | VARIABLE = " " |
45 | </literallayout> | 45 | </literallayout> |
46 | </para> | 46 | </para> |
47 | |||
48 | <para> | ||
49 | You can use single quotes instead of double quotes | ||
50 | when setting a variable's value. | ||
51 | Doing so allows you to use values that contain the double | ||
52 | character: | ||
53 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | ||
54 | VARIABLE = 'I have a " in my value' | ||
55 | </literallayout> | ||
56 | <note> | ||
57 | Unlike in Bourne shells, single quotes work identically | ||
58 | to double quotes in all other ways. | ||
59 | They do not suppress variable expansions. | ||
60 | </note> | ||
61 | </para> | ||
47 | </section> | 62 | </section> |
48 | 63 | ||
49 | <section id='variable-expansion'> | 64 | <section id='variable-expansion'> |