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Add note to explain inline comments can only begin with ; (#17607)

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Fixes #16151
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Toshio Kuratomi 2016-09-16 12:44:22 -07:00 committed by Brian Coca
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@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ Prior to 1.5 the order was::
Ansible will process the above list and use the first file found. Settings in files are not merged.
.. note:: Comments
The configuration file is one variant of an INI format. Both the hash
sign ("#") and semicolon (";") are allowed as comment markers when the
comment starts the line. However, if the comment is inline with regular
values, only the semicolon is allowed to introduce the comment. For
instance::
# some basic default values...
inventory = /etc/ansible/hosts ; This points to the file that lists your hosts
.. _getting_the_latest_configuration:
Getting the latest configuration