but arguments to directives are often case sensitive. Lines
that begin with the hash character "#" are considered
comments, and are ignored. Comments may <strong>not</strong> be
- included on a line after a configuration directive. Blank lines
- and white space occurring before a directive are ignored, so
- you may indent directives for clarity.</p>
+ included on the same line as a configuration directive.
+ White space occurring before a directive is ignored, so
+ you may indent directives for clarity. Blank lines are also ignored.</p>
<p>The values of shell environment variables can be used in
configuration file lines using the syntax <code>${ENVVAR}</code>.