- Clarification to how command line arguments are processed.

PR: docs/55613 Submitted by: gshapiro@freebsd.org Approved by: blackend (mentor)
2003-09-28 17:54:48 +00:00 · 2003-09-28 17:54:48 +00:00 · bec725403c
commit bec725403c
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--- a/usr.bin/su/su.1
+++ b/usr.bin/su/su.1
@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ If the optional
 .Ar args
 are provided on the command line, they are passed to the login shell of
 the target login.
+Note that all command line arguments before the target login name are
+processed by
+.Nm
+itself, everything after the target login name get passed to the login
+shell.
 .Pp
 By default (unless the prompt is reset by a startup file) the super-user
 prompt is set to