Update documentation for filename/directory

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -262,7 +262,8 @@ description=str     Text description of the job. Doesn't do anything except
                not parsed.
 
 directory=str  Prefix filenames with this directory. Used to place files
-               in a different location than "./".
+               in a different location than "./". See the 'filename' option
+               for escaping certain characters.
 
 filename=str   Fio normally makes up a filename based on the job name,
                thread number, and file number. If you want to share