From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Carlos O'Donell" Subject: [patch 5/7] getpwent_r.3: wfix Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 22:18:26 -0500 Message-ID: <54B88302.5070405@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Michael Kerrisk , "linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Harmonize all the manual pages to use "stream" for FILE* instead of randomly using "fp" or "stream." Choosing something and being consistent helps users scan the man pages quickly and understand what they are looking at. Patch against master. diff --git a/man3/getpwent_r.3 b/man3/getpwent_r.3 index a9076a9..ac84e3b 100644 --- a/man3/getpwent_r.3 +++ b/man3/getpwent_r.3 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ getpwent_r, fgetpwent_r \- get passwd file entry reentrantly .br .BI " size_t " buflen ", struct passwd **" pwbufp ); .sp -.BI "int fgetpwent_r(FILE *" fp ", struct passwd *" pwbuf ", char *" buf , +.BI "int fgetpwent_r(FILE *" stream ", struct passwd *" pwbuf ", char *" buf , .br .BI " size_t " buflen ", struct passwd **" pwbufp ); .fi @@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ and .BR fgetpwent (3). The former reads the next passwd entry from the stream initialized by .BR setpwent (3). -The latter reads the next passwd entry from the stream -.IR fp . +The latter reads the next passwd entry from the +.IR stream . .PP The \fIpasswd\fP structure is defined in .I --- Cheers, Carlos. -- 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