the arguments. Double quotes ("...") and single quotes ('...') may
be used, in which case everything until the next matching quote
becomes part of the same argument. C-style escapes are also
- supported, see table below. Quotes themselves are removed after
+ supported. The table below contains the list of allowed escape
+ patterns. Only patterns which match the syntax in the table are
+ allowed; others will result in an error, and must be escaped by
+ doubling the backslash. Quotes themselves are removed after
parsing and escape sequences substituted. In addition, a trailing
backslash (<literal>\</literal>) may be used to merge lines.
</para>
<literal>&</literal>, and <emphasis>other elements of shell
syntax are not supported</emphasis>.</para>
- <para>The command to execute must an absolute path name. It may
+ <para>The command to execute must be an absolute path name. It may
contain spaces, but control characters are not allowed.</para>
<para>The command line accepts <literal>%</literal> specifiers as