From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 21:29:46 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: documented double quoting
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_5_0~222
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f8e16f134c5d9a484dcd6854d51e5db89e9415b3;p=sudo

documented double quoting
---

diff --git a/sudoers.pod b/sudoers.pod
index 263ee0970..95eb7c2fe 100644
--- a/sudoers.pod
+++ b/sudoers.pod
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ will be used.
             path ::= a fully qualified pathname.
        arg[1..n] ::= optional command line arguments.
 
+Note that arguments in double quotes (") are treated as
+a single argument, whis is similar to most shells.
+Ie, given C<sh -c "cd /src; ls">, the C<"cd /src; ls">
+is treated as a single argument, just as it would be
+in a shell.  If you don't want double quotes to be
+interpreted this way, you can escape them with a
+backslash (\).
+
 =head2 wildcards (aka meta characters):
 
 B<sudo> allows shell-style I<wildcards> along with command arguments