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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2016-09-21 14:03:10 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-09-21 22:19:48 +0100
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bitbake-user-manual: Added information for using single quotes
Fixes [YOCTO #10293] In the section about setting variables, I added a paragraph that explains the use of single quotes when setting a variable. The case covers when you must have the double quote charater as part of your variable's value. Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
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@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@
VARIABLE = " "
</literallayout>
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ You can use single quotes instead of double quotes
+ when setting a variable's value.
+ Doing so allows you to use values that contain the double
+ character:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ VARIABLE = 'I have a " in my value'
+ </literallayout>
+ <note>
+ Unlike in Bourne shells, single quotes work identically
+ to double quotes in all other ways.
+ They do not suppress variable expansions.
+ </note>
+ </para>
</section>
<section id='variable-expansion'>