Typo in scanf

Typo in scanf

[Alain]

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There is a typo in the example given under "Note" section.

Sorry I saw just now that there is a very easy way to report that by
mail... I already files the report (and details such as version used =
Ubuntu 10.04.3) here :

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/891854

Typo is:

fprintf(stderr, "No matching characters\n"):

Should be instead

fprintf(stderr, "No matching characters\n");


( ';' semicolon terminates an C instruction, and not ':' colon )

I also made a suggestion (see bug report), to change the example using
the 'm' modifier as 'a' seems rather dangerous and obsolete.
This second part is just a suggestion (subject to discussion) whereas
the typo is really there and makes compiling without errors impossible.

Best regards.
Alain BENEDETTI

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Re: Typo in scanf

[Michael Kerrisk]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Alain <alainb06-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> There is a typo in the example given under "Note" section.
>
> Sorry I saw just now that there is a very easy way to report that by mail...
> I already files the report (and details such as version used = Ubuntu
> 10.04.3) here :
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/891854
>
> Typo is:
>
> fprintf(stderr, "No matching characters\n"):
>
> Should be instead
>
> fprintf(stderr, "No matching characters\n");
>
>
> ( ';' semicolon terminates an C instruction, and not ':' colon )
>
> I also made a suggestion (see bug report), to change the example using the
> 'm' modifier as 'a' seems rather dangerous and obsolete.
> This second part is just a suggestion (subject to discussion) whereas the
> typo is really there and makes compiling without errors impossible.
>
> Best regards.
> Alain BENEDETTI

Thanks Alain. Fixed!

Cheers,

Michael


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