From 94aff9fe732211149d802a8130405dd3a63af23b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dennis Gaida <2392217+DennisGaida@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:40:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added quote information for absolute paths

This had me running in circles because `ioutil.ReadFile` did not read the local file for me when running as a service (i.e. `config.yml` in the same folder as the `windows_exporter.exe`). I had to use absolute paths and additionally quote them.

Signed-off-by: Dennis Gaida <2392217+DennisGaida@users.noreply.github.com>
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 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7869e2f2..ac606dee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ This enables the additional process and container collectors on top of the defau
 
 ### Using a configuration file
 
-YAML configuration files can be specified with the `--config.file` flag. E.G. `.\windows_exporter.exe --config.file=config.yml`
+YAML configuration files can be specified with the `--config.file` flag. e.g. `.\windows_exporter.exe --config.file=config.yml`. If you are using the absolute path, make sure to quote the path, e.g. `.\windows_exporter.exe --config.file="C:\Program Files\windows_exporter\config.yml"`
 
 ```yaml
 collectors: