[134892] trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-tcl.xml

[jmr at macports.org]

Revision: 134892
          https://trac.macports.org/changeset/134892
Author:   jmr at macports.org
Date:     2015-04-09 23:19:24 -0700 (Thu, 09 Apr 2015)
Log Message:
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guide: add a note explaining {*} to the xinstall example that uses it

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-tcl.xml

Modified: trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-tcl.xml
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--- trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-tcl.xml	2015-04-10 04:39:14 UTC (rev 134891)
+++ trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-tcl.xml	2015-04-10 06:19:24 UTC (rev 134892)
@@ -161,7 +161,9 @@
 
             <listitem>
               <para>Install the file(s) matching the glob pattern to a
-              destination directory.</para>
+              destination directory. Note the use of the <option>{*}</option>
+              operator to convert the list returned by <command>glob</command>
+              into separate arguments to <command>xinstall</command>.</para>
             </listitem>
           </varlistentry>
         </variablelist>
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