From 03fbda9ff268ebbeac903bb8fc2fb0fceacd0211 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sjplimp
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:58:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] git-svn-id: svn://svn.icms.temple.edu/lammps-ro/trunk@551
f3b2605a-c512-4ea7-a41b-209d697bcdaa
---
doc/Section_start.html | 10 ++++++----
doc/Section_start.txt | 10 ++++++----
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/Section_start.html b/doc/Section_start.html
index 00cb165ad2..f40c43d158 100644
--- a/doc/Section_start.html
+++ b/doc/Section_start.html
@@ -537,10 +537,12 @@ the input script is read. "Name" is the variable name which can be a
single character (referenced as $x in the input script) or a full
string (referenced as ${abc}). The value can be any string. Using
this command-line option is equivalent to putting the line "variable
-name index value" at the beginning of the input script. See the
-variable command for more info on defining variables
-and this section for more info on using
-variables in input scripts.
+name index value" at the beginning of the input script. Defining a
+variable as a command-line argument overrides any setting for the same
+variable in the input script, since variables cannot be re-defined.
+See the variable command for more info on defining
+variables and this section for more info
+on using variables in input scripts.
diff --git a/doc/Section_start.txt b/doc/Section_start.txt
index aae316f666..922ebe329d 100644
--- a/doc/Section_start.txt
+++ b/doc/Section_start.txt
@@ -530,10 +530,12 @@ the input script is read. "Name" is the variable name which can be a
single character (referenced as $x in the input script) or a full
string (referenced as $\{abc\}). The value can be any string. Using
this command-line option is equivalent to putting the line "variable
-name index value" at the beginning of the input script. See the
-"variable"_variable.html command for more info on defining variables
-and "this section"_Section_commands.html#3_2 for more info on using
-variables in input scripts.
+name index value" at the beginning of the input script. Defining a
+variable as a command-line argument overrides any setting for the same
+variable in the input script, since variables cannot be re-defined.
+See the "variable"_variable.html command for more info on defining
+variables and "this section"_Section_commands.html#3_2 for more info
+on using variables in input scripts.
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