Author: ngie Date: Tue May 23 06:56:57 2017 New Revision: 318700 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318700
Log: dirname(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/dirname.3 Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/dirname.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/gen/dirname.3 Tue May 23 06:55:51 2017 (r318699) +++ head/lib/libc/gen/dirname.3 Tue May 23 06:56:57 2017 (r318700) @@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ Any trailing .Sq \&/ characters are not counted as part of the directory name. +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +This implementation of +.Fn dirname +uses the buffer provided by the caller to store the resulting parent +directory. +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 @@ signifying the current directory. Otherwise, it returns a pointer to the parent directory of .Fa path . -.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES -This implementation of -.Fn dirname -uses the buffer provided by the caller to store the resulting parent -directory. -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"
