From owner-cvs-all Fri Jan 5 9:45:49 2001 From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 5 09:45:45 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from harmony.village.org (unknown [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27E1F37B400; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 09:45:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f05Hjbb55184; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 10:45:37 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200101051745.f05Hjbb55184@harmony.village.org> To: Brian Somers Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/apply apply.c Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 05 Jan 2001 11:06:39 GMT." <200101051106.f05B6d144717@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> References: <200101051106.f05B6d144717@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 10:45:37 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <200101051106.f05B6d144717@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> Brian Somers writes: : My problem with the above is the first paragraph. It's a lie : (snprintf does not return the number of characters printed). If : the reader gets bored before getting to the second bit they'll go : away with the wrong impression. : : The reason I mentioned that the documentation is bad was that when I : read the start of this thread I noticed the problem and read the man : page to ensure I was actually right before posting a follow-up. The : man page just made me doubt myself because of the above contradiction. I'm open to suggestions as to how to make it better. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message