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diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml index 42b1d25c..8c133bce 100644 --- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml +++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml @@ -573,12 +573,14 @@ make <para> If <option>@filename</option> appears as a word anywhere in the command-line, it will be read line by line, and each line will be - treated as a command-line argument. The <option>@-</option> option - allows arguments to be read from standard input. This allows qpdf - to be invoked with an arbitrary number of arbitrarily long - arguments. It is also very useful for avoiding having to pass - passwords on the command line. Note that the - <option>@filename</option> can't appear in the middle of an + treated as a command-line argument. Leading and trailing + whitespace is intentionally not removed from lines, which makes it + possible to handle arguments that start or end with spaces. The + <option>@-</option> option allows arguments to be read from + standard input. This allows qpdf to be invoked with an arbitrary + number of arbitrarily long arguments. It is also very useful for + avoiding having to pass passwords on the command line. Note that + the <option>@filename</option> can't appear in the middle of an argument, so constructs such as <option>--arg=@option</option> will not work. You would have to include the argument and its options together in the arguments file. |