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authorkensmith <kensmith@FreeBSD.org>2003-09-28 17:54:48 +0000
committerkensmith <kensmith@FreeBSD.org>2003-09-28 17:54:48 +0000
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- Clarification to how command line arguments are processed.
PR: docs/55613 Submitted by: gshapiro@freebsd.org Approved by: blackend (mentor)
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@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ If the optional
.Ar args
are provided on the command line, they are passed to the login shell of
the target login.
+Note that all command line arguments before the target login name are
+processed by
+.Nm
+itself, everything after the target login name get passed to the login
+shell.
.Pp
By default (unless the prompt is reset by a startup file) the super-user
prompt is set to
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