Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 11:12:30 GMT From: Joćo Rocha Braga Filho <goffredo@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: standards/84610: Error um printf man page. Return value is diff. Message-ID: <200508061112.j76BCUst061455@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200508061120.j76BKCko019096@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 84610
>Category: standards
>Synopsis: Error um printf man page. Return value is diff.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-standards
>State: open
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>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Aug 06 11:20:12 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Joćo Rocha Braga Filho
>Release: 5.4-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD senechal.webkey.com.br 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Sun May 15 18:50:14 BRT 2005 goffredo@senechal.webkey.com.br:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/SENECHAL i386
>Description:
Man page says:
"
DIAGNOSTICS
The printf utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
"
But works diff. And my ANSI 89 C book says:
"
The printf function returns the number of characters it has printed.
In case of error, it returns a negative value.
"
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