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From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Carlos O'Donell <carlos-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	"linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
	<linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [patch 5/7] getpwent_r.3: wfix
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:00:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54B8A8E3.1050706@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54B88302.5070405-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

On 01/16/2015 04:18 AM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, Carlos. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael



> 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 <pwd.h>
> ---
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlos.
> 


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      parent reply	other threads:[~2015-01-16  6:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-16  3:18 [patch 5/7] getpwent_r.3: wfix Carlos O'Donell
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2015-01-16  6:00   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]

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