Author: ngie Date: Tue May 23 06:53:31 2017 New Revision: 318698 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318698
Log: basename(3): fix section ordering IMPLEMENTATION NOTES come before RETURN VALUES MFC after: 2 weeks Reported by: make manlint Sponsored by: Dell EMC Isilon Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 Tue May 23 06:20:24 2017 (r318697) +++ head/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 Tue May 23 06:53:31 2017 (r318698) @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 29, 2016 +.Dd May 22, 2017 .Dt BASENAME 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ function returns the last component from deleting any trailing .Sq \&/ characters. +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +This implementation of +.Fn basename +uses the buffer provided by the caller to store the resulting pathname +component. +Other vendor implementations may return a pointer to internal storage +space instead. +The advantage of the former approach is that it ensures thread-safety, +while also placing no upper limit on the supported length of the +pathname. .Sh RETURN VALUES If .Fa path @@ -50,16 +60,6 @@ is returned. Otherwise, it returns a pointer to the last component of .Fa path . -.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES -This implementation of -.Fn basename -uses the buffer provided by the caller to store the resulting pathname -component. -Other vendor implementations may return a pointer to internal storage -space instead. -The advantage of the former approach is that it ensures thread-safety, -while also placing no upper limit on the supported length of the -pathname. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr basename 1 , .Xr dirname 1 , _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
