diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml index 8a22ac0138..a0fca5996b 100644 --- a/man/systemd.exec.xml +++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml @@ -286,9 +286,24 @@ empty string is assigned to this option the list of environment variables is reset, all prior - assignments have no effect. See + assignments have no effect. + Variable expansion is not performed + inside the strings, and $ has no special + meaning. + If you need to assign a value containing spaces + to a variable, use double quotes (") + for the assignment. + + Example: + Environment="VAR1=word1 word2" VAR2=word3 "VAR3=word 5 6" + gives three variables VAR1, + VAR2, VAR3. + + + + See environ7 - for details. + for details about environment variables. EnvironmentFile=