youtube-dl

Another place where youtube-dl lives on
git clone git://git.oshgnacknak.de/youtube-dl.git
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commit a048ffc9b01a4c6a63603edbb7204479ddebbec6
parent 4587915b2aed8d2a8373614e5984fe6e5ccaeae2
Author: Sergey M <dstftw@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 28 Feb 2016 03:04:06 +0600

[README.md] Clarify configuration file options syntax
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dl will always extrac
 -o ~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s
 ```
 
+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`.
+
 You can use `--ignore-config` if you want to disable the configuration file for a particular youtube-dl run.
 
 ### Authentication with `.netrc` file