Allow relative file names in .include lines (Closes 1971)

[exim.git] / doc / doc-docbook / spec.xfpt

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
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--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -4937,6 +4937,11 @@ Include processing happens after macro processing (see below). Its effect is to
 process the lines of the included file as if they occurred inline where the
 inclusion appears.
 
+Relative names are allowed with &`.include`&, and are resolved
+relative to the directory of the including file. For security reasons
+this is not allowed with &`.include_if_exists`&. To avoid confusion, it
+is strongly recommended to use absolute names only.
+
 
 
 .section "Macros in the configuration file" "SECTmacrodefs"