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authorAnton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>2011-09-03 12:53:53 +0200
committerAnton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>2011-09-11 17:30:04 +0200
commiteb05446367533bd669195be6dae69057a5e0f0e5 (patch)
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parentd3d6a2582e68bb503cd8a5e8a23cd623549779c7 (diff)
doc/avconv: document that global options should be specified first.
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diff --git a/doc/avconv.texi b/doc/avconv.texi
index 53829938a6..9cf83b6b2f 100644
--- a/doc/avconv.texi
+++ b/doc/avconv.texi
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The generic syntax is:
@example
@c man begin SYNOPSIS
-avconv [[infile options][@option{-i} @var{infile}]]... @{[outfile options] @var{outfile}@}...
+avconv [global options] [[infile options][@option{-i} @var{infile}]]... @{[outfile options] @var{outfile}@}...
@c man end
@end example
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ As a general rule, options are applied to the next specified
file. Therefore, order is important, and you can have the same
option on the command line multiple times. Each occurrence is
then applied to the next input or output file.
+Exceptions from this rule are the global options (e.g. vebosity level),
+which should be specified first.
@itemize
@item