From 424202bc7d9ecb4a9b661bf5576470409bde3990 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Pfaff Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:00:00 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] ovs-vsctl: Document a pitfall of the syntax for maps. Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff --- utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in index a4a676629..d24af14d6 100644 --- a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in +++ b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in @@ -558,8 +558,10 @@ follow the syntax for the column's key type and value type, respectively. When multiple pairs are present (separated by spaces or a comma), duplicate keys are not allowed, and again the order is not important. Duplicate values are allowed. An empty map is represented -as \fB{}\fR, and curly braces may be optionally enclose non-empty maps -as well. +as \fB{}\fR. Curly braces may optionally enclose non-empty maps as +well (but use quotes to prevent the shell from expanding +\fBother-config={0=x,1=y}\fR into \fBother-config=0=x +other-config=1=y\fR, which may not have the desired effect). . .ST "Database Command Syntax" .IP "[\fB\-\-columns=\fIcolumn\fR[\fB,\fIcolumn\fR]...] \fBlist \fItable \fR[\fIrecord\fR]..." -- 2.43.0