From 295d432175292dbaef572093d784aab55f5c0b8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakob Unterwurzacher
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 17:09:38 +0100
Subject: passfile: directly read file instead of invoking cat

Allows better error handling, gets rid of the call to an
external program, and fixes https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/278 .
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 Documentation/MANPAGE.md | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'Documentation')

diff --git a/Documentation/MANPAGE.md b/Documentation/MANPAGE.md
index baadb25..5ebb0b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/MANPAGE.md
+++ b/Documentation/MANPAGE.md
@@ -262,8 +262,13 @@ you are using Go 1.6+. In mode "auto", gocrypts chooses the faster
 option.
 
 #### -passfile string
-Read password from the specified file. This is a shortcut for
-specifying '-extpass="/bin/cat -- FILE"'.
+Read password from the specified file. A warning will be printed if there
+is more than one line, and only the first line will be used. A single
+trailing newline is allowed and does not cause a warning.
+
+Before gocryptfs v1.7, using `-passfile` was equivant to writing
+`-extpass="/bin/cat -- FILE"`.
+gocryptfs v1.7 and later directly read the file without invoking `cat`.
 
 #### -passwd
 Change the password. Will ask for the old password, check if it is
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