Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 06:53:31 +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: r318698 - head/lib/libc/gen Message-ID: <201705230653.v4N6rVjC065628@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: ngie Date: Tue May 23 06:53:31 2017 New Revision: 318698 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318698 Log: basename(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/basename.3 Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 Tue May 23 06:20:24 2017 (r318697) +++ head/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 Tue May 23 06:53:31 2017 (r318698) @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 29, 2016 +.Dd May 22, 2017 .Dt BASENAME 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ function returns the last component from deleting any trailing .Sq \&/ characters. +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +This implementation of +.Fn basename +uses the buffer provided by the caller to store the resulting pathname +component. +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 @@ is returned. Otherwise, it returns a pointer to the last component of .Fa path . -.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES -This implementation of -.Fn basename -uses the buffer provided by the caller to store the resulting pathname -component. -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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