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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-09-21 14:03:10 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-09-21 22:19:53 +0100 |
| commit | 46afeaba5f2cc272b9e06860a11c8eae3edc137f (patch) | |
| tree | e256074c1df319317f36c72e6e43e6f87ff7e939 /bitbake/doc | |
| parent | 39828d3ccc696c35ae9b4242c7a87604c86b9c4d (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-46afeaba5f2cc272b9e06860a11c8eae3edc137f.tar.gz | |
bitbake: 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.
(Bitbake rev: 01e331cd0d612013badfb07df91151907f74903d)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'bitbake/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
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 @@ 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'> |