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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 18:02:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jonathan Lennox <lennox@cs.columbia.edu>
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Subject: docs/39257: printf manpage doesn't document error returns
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>Number:         39257
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       printf manpage doesn't document error returns
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jun 13 18:10:01 PDT 2002
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jonathan Lennox
>Release:        4.3, but verified in -CURRENT with cvsweb
>Organization:
Columbia University
>Environment:
>Description:
The *printf family of functions can, in a number of circumstances, fail, returning EOF.

None of these circumstances are documented in printf(3), nor indeed is the EOF return value at all.


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