Issue in man page getgrent.3

Issue in man page getgrent.3

[Helge Kreutzmann]

Without further ado, the following was found:

Issue:    NULL-terminated →  NUL-terminated

msgid ""
"struct group {\n"
"    char   *gr_name;        /* group name */\n"
"    char   *gr_passwd;      /* group password */\n"
"    gid_t   gr_gid;         /* group ID */\n"
"    char  **gr_mem;         /* NULL-terminated array of pointers\n"
"                               to names of group members */\n"
"};\n"

Re: Issue in man page getgrent.3

[Alejandro Colomar]

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Hi Helge,

On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 02:02:10PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Without further ado, the following was found:
> 
> Issue:    NULL-terminated →  NUL-terminated

NUL would be wrong.  It is a pointer to an array of pointers to char,
of which the last contains a null pointer, which marks the end of the
array.

Cheers,
Alex

> 
> msgid ""
> "struct group {\n"
> "    char   *gr_name;        /* group name */\n"
> "    char   *gr_passwd;      /* group password */\n"
> "    gid_t   gr_gid;         /* group ID */\n"
> "    char  **gr_mem;         /* NULL-terminated array of pointers\n"
> "                               to names of group members */\n"
> "};\n"

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