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authorJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2018-05-05 23:52:04 +0200
committerJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2018-05-05 23:52:04 +0200
commitb8ccbff413de5b1000cdc65ba25ff46c6ccaec66 (patch)
treee3d35c3afcd42e69d3de820a0bcffa3350d9e190 /manual
parent15ed9f85655113b2901a1e53f55554b503e230c6 (diff)
downloadqpdf-b8ccbff413de5b1000cdc65ba25ff46c6ccaec66.tar.zst
doc: point out use of @filename for specifying password (fixes #198)
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diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
index 83b4c429..0c8a3291 100644
--- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
+++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
@@ -310,7 +310,11 @@ make
<term><option>--password=password</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Specifies a password for accessing encrypted files.
+ Specifies a password for accessing encrypted files. Note that
+ you can use <option>@filename</option> or <option>@-</option>
+ as described above to put the password in a file or pass it
+ via standard input so you can avoid specifying it on the
+ command line.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>