# \-g command line broken in Nginx 1.2.0

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**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [May 6, 2012, 9:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/g-command-line-broken-in-nginx-1-2-0/219524 "2012-05-06T09:33:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 9:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/g-command-line-broken-in-nginx-1-2-0/219524/1 "2012-05-06T09:33:09Z")

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Hi.

It seems a change in configuration parsing done in Nginx 1.2.0 [1],  
broke the -g option.

$nginx -p . -c conf/nginx.conf -t -g daemon=off  
nginx: [emerg] unexpected end of parameter, expecting “;” in command  
line  
nginx: configuration file ./conf/nginx.conf test failed

[1] [nginx-vendor-current: f41d4b305d22](http://mdounin.ru/hg/nginx-vendor-current/rev/f41d4b305d22#l5.1)

Thanks Manlio  
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**Author:** ![Manlio\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Manlio\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Manlio_P)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/g-command-line-broken-in-nginx-1-2-0/219524/2 "2012-05-06T09:51:43Z")

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Hi,

> It seems a change in configuration parsing done in Nginx 1.2.0 [1],  
> broke the -g option.
> 
> $nginx -p . -c conf/nginx.conf -t -g daemon=off  
> nginx: [emerg] unexpected end of parameter, expecting “;” in command line  
> nginx: configuration file ./conf/nginx.conf test failed

I’m not sure where did you come up with that syntax, but it’s wrong.

man nginx

Best regards,  
Piotr S. \< [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) \>

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**Author:** ![Manlio\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Manlio\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Manlio_P)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 10:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/g-command-line-broken-in-nginx-1-2-0/219524/3 "2012-05-06T10:15:14Z")

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Il 06/05/2012 09:48, Piotr S. ha scritto:

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Thanks.

I don’t remember why I started to use that syntax.

Manlio P.  
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