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authorpaul@teton.kitebird.com <>2001-12-11 12:02:06 -0600
committerpaul@teton.kitebird.com <>2001-12-11 12:02:06 -0600
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manual.texi reword relationship between command line options
manual.texi and option files
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@@ -13075,8 +13075,9 @@ The following programs support option files: @code{mysql},
@code{mysqldump}, @code{mysqlimport}, @code{mysqlshow}, @code{mysqlcheck},
@code{myisamchk}, and @code{myisampack}.
-You can use option files to specify any long option that a program supports!
-Run the program with @code{--help} to get a list of available options.
+Any long option that may be given on the command line when running a MySQL
+program can be given in an option file as well (without the leading double
+dash). Run the program with @code{--help} to get a list of available options.
An option file can contain lines of the following forms: