document comments in configuration file (fixes #10024)

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Philipp Hagemeister 2016-07-07 12:12:21 +02:00
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@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dl will always extrac
--no-mtime --no-mtime
--proxy 127.0.0.1:3128 --proxy 127.0.0.1:3128
-o ~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s -o ~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s
# Lines starting with # are comments
``` ```
Note that options in configuration file are just the same options aka switches used in regular command line calls thus there **must be no whitespace** after `-` or `--`, e.g. `-o` or `--proxy` but not `- o` or `-- proxy`. Note that options in configuration file are just the same options aka switches used in regular command line calls thus there **must be no whitespace** after `-` or `--`, e.g. `-o` or `--proxy` but not `- o` or `-- proxy`.