CODING_STYLE: document suggested suffixes to use in documentation

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Lennart Poettering 2018-03-29 16:28:21 +02:00
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O_NONBLOCK has a benefit: it bypasses any mandatory lock that might be in
effect on the regular file. If in doubt consider turning off O_NONBLOCK again
after opening.
- When referring to a configuration file option in the documentation and such,
please always suffix it with "=", to indicate that it is a configuration file
setting.
- When referring to a command line option in the documentation and such, please
allways prefix with "--" or "-" (as appropriate), to indicate that it is a
command line option.
- When referring to a file system path that is a directory, please always
suffix it with "/", to indicate that it is a directory, not a regular file
(or other file system object).