From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: strlen man-page misinformation Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:12:30 +0100 Message-ID: <56C5C33E.7030407@gmail.com> References: <56B237F9.8010206@cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <56B237F9.8010206-j9pdmedNgrk@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Alan Aversa Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hello Alan, On 02/03/2016 06:25 PM, Alan Aversa wrote: > Hello, >=20 > The 2015-08-08 strlen man-page is incorrect. Here's a diff: >=20 > --- a/man3/strlen.3 > +++ b/man3/strlen.3 > @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ excluding the terminating null byte (\(aq\\0\(a= q). > .SH RETURN VALUE > The > .BR strlen () > -function returns the number of bytes in the string > +function returns the number of *characters* in the string that > precede the terminating null character I went for a simpler change: s/bytes/characters/ > .IR s . > .SH ATTRIBUTES > For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see > @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ T{ > T} Thread safety MT-Safe > .TE > .SH CONFORMING TO > -POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD. > +POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, C11, SVr4, 4.3BSD. =46ixed. > .SH SEE ALSO > .BR string (3), > .BR strnlen (3), >=20 > Page 392 (PDF p. 390, =C2=A77.24.6.3) of the C11 standard > says: >=20 > The *strlen* function returns the number of characters that prece= de > the terminating null character. Thanks for the report. Interesting, POSIX.1 still uses the term "bytes" the spec. Cheers, Michael --=20 Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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