to mount the file system at that point. An optional parenthesized list
of export parameters may follow each machine name. Blank lines are
ignored, and a # introduces a comment to the end of the line. Entries may
-be continued across newlines using a backslash.
+be continued across newlines using a backslash. If export name contains spaces
+it should be quoted using double-quotes. You can also specify spaces
+or any other unusual characters in the export path name using a
+backslash followed by the character code as 3 octal digits.
.PP
.SS Machine Name Formats
NFS clients may be specified in a number of ways: