Re: [PATCH 6/9] strftime.3: Expanded introduction

[Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>]

Hi Michael,

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Michael Witten <mfwitten-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man3/strftime.3 |   19 ++++++++++++-------
>  1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Thanks!  Applied for 3.24.

Cheers,

Michael


> diff --git a/man3/strftime.3 b/man3/strftime.3
> index bafe841..38f3afb 100644
> --- a/man3/strftime.3
> +++ b/man3/strftime.3
> @@ -51,13 +51,18 @@ result in the character array \fIs\fP of size \fImax\fP.
>  .\" FIXME POSIX says: Local timezone information is used as though
>  .\" strftime() called tzset().  But this doesn't appear to be the case
>  .PP
> -Ordinary characters placed in the format string are copied to \fIs\fP
> -without conversion.
> -.I "Conversion specifications"
> -are introduced by a \(aq%\(aq
> -character, and terminated by a
> -.IR "conversion specifier character" ,
> -and are replaced in \fIs\fP as follows:
> +The format specification is a null-terminated string and may contain
> +special character sequences called
> +.IR "conversion specifications",
> +each of which is introduced by a \(aq%\(aq character and terminated by
> +some other character known as a
> +.IR "conversion specifier character".
> +All other character sequences are
> +.IR "ordinary character sequences".
> +.PP
> +The characters of ordinary character sequences (including the null byte)
> +are copied verbatim from \fIformat\fP to \fIs\fP. However, the characters
> +of conversion specifications are replaced as follows:
>  .TP
>  .B %a
>  The abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale.
> --
> 1.6.6.102.gd6f8f
>
>



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