.I \&.mh\(ruprofile
can be used to select alternate programs if the
user wishes. The default values are given in the examples.
+.PP
+If the profile element contains spaces, the element is split at spaces
+into tokens and each token is given as a seperate argument to the
+.IR execvp (2)
+system call. If the element contains shell metacharacters then the entire
+element is executed using
+.BR /bin/sh .
.RE
.PP
.BR buildmimeproc :