Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:30:40 GMT From: Paul Procacci <pprocacci@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/174023: [minor] getline(3) doc bug Message-ID: <201211302030.qAUKUe9C041465@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201211302040.qAUKe0Lv011919@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 174023 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [minor] getline(3) doc bug >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Nov 30 20:40:00 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Paul Procacci >Release: 8.3-RELEASE-p4 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD nat.myhome 8.3-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p3 #4: Fri Jun 29 14:59:00 CDT 2012 root@nat.myhome:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FIREWALL i386 >Description: Really minor documentation bug in getline(3). (Major if you want to confuse someone - hehe). In the "Return Values" section of the manpage it says the call to either the getline and getdelim functions return the value of the number of characters _written_. Certainly this should have been _read_. >How-To-Repeat: man getline >Fix: diff -u lib/libc/stdio/getline.3.orig lib/libc/stdio/getline.3 --- lib/libc/stdio/getline.3.orig 2012-11-30 14:26:08.000000000 -0600 +++ lib/libc/stdio/getline.3 2012-11-30 14:26:16.000000000 -0600 @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ .Fn getdelim and .Fn getline -functions return the number of characters written, excluding the +functions return the number of characters read, excluding the terminating .Dv NUL character. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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