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@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ LIBBUTL_MODEXPORT namespace butl
// error, ios::failure on the underlying OS error, process_error on the
// process running error and std::system_error on the builtin running error.
//
+ // To run a system utility rather than a builtin prefix its name with `^`,
+ // for example:
+ //
+ // ^cat --squeeze-blank file
+ //
// The process environment path is unused and must point to the empty
// process path.
//