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diff --git a/doc/C/parted.8 b/doc/C/parted.8 index 41baa1a..eb7cd98 100644 --- a/doc/C/parted.8 +++ b/doc/C/parted.8 @@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ dvh partition tables, it should be one of "primary", "logical", or "extended". .TP .B name \fIpartition\fP \fIname\fP Set the name of \fIpartition\fP to \fIname\fP. This option works only on Mac, -PC98, and GPT disklabels. The name can be placed in quotes, if necessary. +PC98, and GPT disklabels. The name can be placed in double quotes, if necessary. +And depending on the shell may need to also be wrapped in single quotes so that +the shell doesn't strip off the double quotes. .TP .B print Display the partition table. diff --git a/doc/parted.texi b/doc/parted.texi index c55d343..ac23ef6 100644 --- a/doc/parted.texi +++ b/doc/parted.texi @@ -654,7 +654,9 @@ $ @kbd{mkfs.vfat /dev/sdX2} @deffn Command name @var{number} @var{name} Sets the name for the partition @var{number} (GPT, Mac, MIPS and PC98 only). -The name can be placed in quotes. +The name can be placed in quotes. And depending on the shell may need to also +be wrapped in single quotes so that the shell doesn't strip off the double +quotes. Example: |