As per bz53530, a brief explanation of when you may and must use quotes

in directory paths.

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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
index 448aee9a47ee55cb39b4b7a6241657ce2e6b256a..8187a037d9bf3617207882f9fc64b8d5e678ce97 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
@@ -738,6 +738,10 @@ named file-system directory, sub-directories, and their contents.</description>
 &lt;/Directory&gt;
     </highlight>
 
+    <p>Directory paths <em>may</em> be quoted, if you like, however, it
+    <em>must</em> be quoted if the path contains spaces. This is because a
+    space would otherwise indicate the end of an argument.</p>
+
     <note>
       <p>Be careful with the <var>directory-path</var> arguments:
       They have to literally match the filesystem path which Apache httpd uses