[ovs-dev] [PATCH] ovs-vsctl: Document a pitfall of the syntax for maps.

[Ben Pfaff]

You're right.  Thanks, I fixed that and pushed.

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 03:30:40PM -0800, Ansis Atteka wrote:
> Looks, good but given example expands to "other-config=0=x
> other-config=1=y" instead of "other-config=0=x other-config=0=y" , right?
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
> > ---
> >  utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in |    6 ++++--
> >  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
> > index a4a6766..d3d8849 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=0=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]..."
> > --
> > 1.7.2.5
> >
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