Package: maildrop
Version: 2.0.4-1
Severity: normal
The maildroprc(5) man page displays as:
Command substitution
Text enclosed in back-tick characters is interpreted as a shell command.
The shell command is
executed as a child process by maildrop. Its output is used in place of
the command. For example:
places the names of the files in the current directory into the DIR
variable.
but the source code of that part:
.SS "Command substitution"
.PP
Text enclosed in back\-tick characters is interpreted as a shell command. The
shell command is executed as a child process by
\fBmaildrop\fR. Its output is used in place of the command. For example:
.sp .RS 4 .nf DIR=`ls` .fi .RE
places the names of the files in the current directory into the DIR variable.
.PP
suggests it is meant to be displayed as something like
Command substitution
Text enclosed in back-tick characters is interpreted as a shell command.
The shell command is
executed as a child process by maildrop. Its output is used in place of
the command. For example:
DIR=`ls`
places the names of the files in the current directory into the DIR
variable.
Note the added actual example, "DIR=`ls`"
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Lionel
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