From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Witten Subject: [PATCH 6/9] strftime.3: Expanded introduction Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 17:45:34 -0600 Message-ID: <1263080737-2868-7-git-send-email-mfwitten@gmail.com> References: <1263080737-2868-1-git-send-email-mfwitten@gmail.com> Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1263080737-2868-1-git-send-email-mfwitten-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Michael Kerrisk Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Michael Witten --- man3/strftime.3 | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/man3/strftime.3 b/man3/strftime.3 index bafe841..38f3afb 100644 --- a/man3/strftime.3 +++ b/man3/strftime.3 @@ -51,13 +51,18 @@ result in the character array \fIs\fP of size \fImax\fP. .\" FIXME POSIX says: Local timezone information is used as though .\" strftime() called tzset(). But this doesn't appear to be the case .PP -Ordinary characters placed in the format string are copied to \fIs\fP -without conversion. -.I "Conversion specifications" -are introduced by a \(aq%\(aq -character, and terminated by a -.IR "conversion specifier character" , -and are replaced in \fIs\fP as follows: +The format specification is a null-terminated string and may contain +special character sequences called +.IR "conversion specifications", +each of which is introduced by a \(aq%\(aq character and terminated by +some other character known as a +.IR "conversion specifier character". +All other character sequences are +.IR "ordinary character sequences". +.PP +The characters of ordinary character sequences (including the null byte) +are copied verbatim from \fIformat\fP to \fIs\fP. However, the characters +of conversion specifications are replaced as follows: .TP .B %a The abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale. -- 1.6.6.102.gd6f8f -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html