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diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod index 13a9fa7d..13645456 100644 --- a/fish/guestfish.pod +++ b/fish/guestfish.pod @@ -296,6 +296,25 @@ must be escaped with a backslash. command "/bin/echo 'foo bar'" command "/bin/echo \'foo\'" +=head1 NUMBERS + +Commands which take integers as parameters use the C convention which +is to use C<0> to prefix an octal number or C<0x> to prefix a +hexadecimal number. For example: + + 1234 decimal number 1234 + 02322 octal number, equivalent to decimal 1234 + 0x4d2 hexadecimal number, equivalent to decimal 1234 + +When using the C<chmod> command, you almost always want to specify an +octal number for the mode, and you must prefix it with C<0> (unlike +the Unix L<chmod(1)> program): + + chmod 0777 /public # OK + chmod 777 /public # WRONG! This is mode 777 decimal = 01411 octal. + +Commands that return numbers currently always print them in decimal. + =head1 WILDCARDS AND GLOBBING Neither guestfish nor the underlying guestfs API performs |