[PATCH] leftpad.2: Document new syscall

[Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>]

From: Daniel Walter <dwalter@sigma-star.at>

Signed-off-by: Daniel Walter <dwalter@sigma-star.at>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
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+.\" Copyright (c) 2016 sigma-star gmbh
+.\" (office@sigma-star.at)
+.\"
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+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
+.\"
+.TH LEFTPAD 2 2016-04-01 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.SH NAME
+leftpad
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <sys/types.h>
+
+.BI "int leftpad(char *src, char pad, char *dst, size_t dst_len);
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This function provides left padding for strings.
+.LP
+The string in
+.I src
+will be left padded with the chosen padding character
+.I pad
+and stored in
+.I dst
+ .
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+On success, returns the number of padding characters added.
+.SH ERRORS
+.TP
+.B EINVAL
+The size of the destination buffer
+.I dst
+is shorter than the source string
+.I src
+ . Or the destination string is longer than 4096 bytes.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR snprintf (3)
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