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diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml index 5860ebb0b..77f47a259 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml @@ -987,19 +987,19 @@ If a registry key contains a subkey and a value with the same name <sect2 id="pathnames-at"><title>The @pathnames</title> <para>To circumvent the limitations on shell line length in the native -Windows command shells, Cygwin programs expand their arguments +Windows command shells, Cygwin programs, when invoked by non-Cygwin processes, expand their arguments starting with "@" in a special way. If a file <filename>pathname</filename> exists, the argument <filename>@pathname</filename> expands recursively to the content of <filename>pathname</filename>. Double quotes can be used inside the file to delimit strings containing blank space. -In the following example compare the behaviors of the bash built-in -<command>echo</command> and of the program <command>/bin/echo</command>.</para> +In the following example compare the behaviors +<command>/bin/echo</command> when run from bash and from the Windows command prompt.</para> <example id="pathnames-at-ex"><title> Using @pathname</title> <screen> -<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>echo 'This is "a long" line' > mylist</userinput> -<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>echo @mylist</userinput> +<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>@/bin/echo 'This is "a long" line' > mylist</userinput> +<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>/bin/echo @mylist</userinput> @mylist <prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>cmd</userinput> <prompt>c:\></prompt> <userinput>c:\cygwin\bin\echo @mylist</userinput> |