Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 06:56:58 +0000 (UTC) From: Ngie Cooper <ngie@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r318700 - head/lib/libc/gen Message-ID: <201705230656.v4N6uwY8065848@repo.freebsd.org>
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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 ,
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