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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2014-04-14 17:56:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2014-04-14 17:56:23 -0700 |
| commit | 8e4c5cee932c3f38d4147c59612d76ca0b002727 (patch) | |
| tree | b41d8a1c9894f928f3c19f5ebe23442b3d6ee690 /doc | |
| parent | 783f29a593ce16a37b275b02f71b3ec918ef8c91 (diff) | |
| download | bitbake-contrib-8e4c5cee932c3f38d4147c59612d76ca0b002727.tar.gz | |
bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml: Added section on pathname syntax
Added a brief subsection to the "Basic Syntax" section that
describes the issue using the tilde character (~) when providing
a pathname as part of a statement. BitBake does not expand
this character like the shell does. We recommend to not use
it in pathnames.
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml index 5304e40ce..a9f507212 100644 --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml @@ -301,6 +301,29 @@ variable becoming the current date. </para> </section> + + <section id='providing-pathnames'> + <title>Providing Pathnames</title> + + <para> + When specifying pathnames for use with BitBake, + do not use the tilde ("~") character as a shortcut + for your home directory. + Doing so might cause BitBake to not recognize the + path since BitBake does not expand this character in + the same way a shell would. + </para> + + <para> + Instead, provide a fuller path as the following + example illustrates: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + BBLAYERS ?= " \ + /home/scott-lenovo/LayerA \ + " + </literallayout> + </para> + </section> </section> <section id='conditional-syntax-overrides'> |