Author: jhb Date: Sat Jul 20 16:03:54 2019 New Revision: 350179 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/350179
Log: expand_number(3) parses suffixes, not prefixes. While here, tidy the opening sentence a bit. MFC after: 2 weeks Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D20791 Modified: head/lib/libutil/expand_number.3 Modified: head/lib/libutil/expand_number.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libutil/expand_number.3 Sat Jul 20 15:59:49 2019 (r350178) +++ head/lib/libutil/expand_number.3 Sat Jul 20 16:03:54 2019 (r350179) @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 15, 2010 +.Dd July 20, 2019 .Dt EXPAND_NUMBER 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn expand_number -function unformats the +function parses the .Fa buf -string and stores a unsigned 64-bit quantity at address pointed out by the -.Fa num -argument. +string and stores a unsigned 64-bit quantity at +.Fa *num . .Pp The .Fn expand_number @@ -54,9 +53,9 @@ function is case-insensitive and follows the SI power of two convention. .Pp -The prefixes are: -.Bl -column "Prefix" "Description" "1000000000000000000" -offset indent -.It Sy "Prefix" Ta Sy "Description" Ta Sy "Multiplier" +The suffixes are: +.Bl -column "Suffix" "Description" "1000000000000000000" -offset indent +.It Sy "Suffix" Ta Sy "Description" Ta Sy "Multiplier" .It Li K Ta No kilo Ta 1024 .It Li M Ta No mega Ta 1048576 .It Li G Ta No giga Ta 1073741824 @@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ function will fail if: .It Bq Er EINVAL The given string contains no digits. .It Bq Er EINVAL -An unrecognized prefix was given. +An unrecognized suffix was given. .It Bq Er ERANGE Result doesn't fit into 64 bits. .El _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
