Be correct in our man pages when talking about NUL termination (that is,

termination with '\0') vs. null termination.
Input from krw@, jaredy@, jmc@.  OK deraadt@

14 files changed, 35 insertions, 35 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/authenticate.3 b/lib/libc/gen/authenticate.3
index f690610b66a..1b564df4028 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/authenticate.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/authenticate.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: authenticate.3,v 1.7 2003/05/30 14:00:32 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: authenticate.3,v 1.8 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -269,9 +269,9 @@ should be used to determine the outcome of the authentication request.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn auth_mkvalue
-function takes a null terminated string pointed to by
+function takes a NUL-terminated string pointed to by
 .Ar value
-and returns a null terminated string suitable for passing
+and returns a NUL-terminated string suitable for passing
 back to a calling program on the back channel.
 This function is for use by the login scripts themselves.
 The string returned should be freed by
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/confstr.3 b/lib/libc/gen/confstr.3
index 1ebcd7c41e6..260cfe7b445 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/confstr.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/confstr.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: confstr.3,v 1.13 2004/04/16 10:48:39 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: confstr.3,v 1.14 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ has a value; up to
 .Fa len
 \- 1 bytes of the value are copied into the buffer
 .Fa buf .
-The copied value is always null terminated.
+The copied value is always NUL terminated.
 .Pp
 The available values are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width "123456"
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/exec.3 b/lib/libc/gen/exec.3
index 8c53eac70fa..febeed692b0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/exec.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/exec.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: exec.3,v 1.16 2003/06/02 20:18:34 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: exec.3,v 1.17 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ functions can be thought of as
 \&...,
 .Fa argn .
 Together they describe a list of one or more pointers to
-null-terminated
+NUL-terminated
 strings that represent the argument list available to the executed program.
 The first argument, by convention, should point to the file name associated
 with the file being executed.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ The
 and
 .Fn execvp
 functions provide an array of pointers to
-null-terminated strings that
+NUL-terminated strings that
 represent the argument list available to the new program.
 The first argument, by convention, should point to the file name associated
 with the file being executed.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ pointer that terminates the list of arguments in the parameter list
 or the pointer to the
 .Va argv
 array with an additional parameter.
-This additional parameter is an array of pointers to null-terminated
+This additional parameter is an array of pointers to NUL-terminated
 strings and
 .Em must
 be terminated by a null pointer itself.
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/fts.3 b/lib/libc/gen/fts.3
index 46b14e9e610..e4c0e8ab8e7 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/fts.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/fts.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: fts.3,v 1.19 2003/06/02 20:18:34 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: fts.3,v 1.20 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ Therefore, the
 .Fa fts_path
 and
 .Fa fts_accpath
-fields are guaranteed to be null terminated
+fields are guaranteed to be NUL terminated
 .Em only
 for the file most recently returned by
 .Fn fts_read .
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ Any such modifications should be undone before further calls to
 are attempted.
 The
 .Fa fts_name
-field is always null terminated.
+field is always NUL terminated.
 .Ss FTS_OPEN
 The
 .Fn fts_open
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getbsize.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getbsize.3
index 876b1b53df2..0d8857128f7 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getbsize.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getbsize.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: getbsize.3,v 1.7 2003/06/02 20:18:34 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: getbsize.3,v 1.8 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ for details on its use and format.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn getbsize
-function returns a pointer to a null-terminated
+function returns a pointer to a NUL-terminated
 string describing
 the block size, something like
 .Qq 1K-blocks .
 The memory referenced by
 .Fa headerlenp
 is filled in with the length of the string (not including the
-terminating null byte).
+terminating NUL byte).
 The memory referenced by
 .Fa blocksizep
 is filled in with the block size, in bytes.
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getcap.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getcap.3
index fa6429a3f46..188b9c01783 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getcap.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getcap.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: getcap.3,v 1.27 2004/04/16 10:48:39 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: getcap.3,v 1.28 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ retrieves the value of the string capability
 .Fa cap
 from the capability record pointed to by
 .Fa buf .
-A pointer to a decoded, null-terminated,
+A pointer to a decoded, NUL-terminated,
 .Xr malloc Ns \&'d
 copy of the string is returned in the
 .Ft char *
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getdomainname.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getdomainname.3
index b07bb0679de..b3e0831e4d1 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getdomainname.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getdomainname.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: getdomainname.3,v 1.20 2003/06/02 20:18:34 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: getdomainname.3,v 1.21 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ specifies the size of the
 .Fa name
 array.
 If insufficient space is provided, the returned name is truncated.
-The returned name is always null terminated.
+The returned name is always NUL terminated.
 .Pp
 .Fn setdomainname
 sets the domain name of the host machine to be
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/gethostname.3 b/lib/libc/gen/gethostname.3
index e5bd6609280..5db7efcb0fc 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/gethostname.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/gethostname.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: gethostname.3,v 1.19 2003/06/02 20:18:34 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: gethostname.3,v 1.20 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ specifies the size of the
 .Fa name
 array.
 If insufficient space is provided, the returned name is truncated.
-The returned name is always null terminated.
+The returned name is always NUL terminated.
 .Pp
 .Fn sethostname
 sets the name of the host machine to be
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3
index 31a586b4960..6ae08359ee3 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: getpass.3,v 1.11 2003/06/02 20:18:34 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: getpass.3,v 1.12 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ space.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 Upon successful completion,
 .Fn getpass
-returns a pointer to a null-terminated string of at most
+returns a pointer to a NUL-terminated string of at most
 .Dv _PASSWORD_LEN
 characters.
 If an error is encountered, the terminal state is restored and
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/popen.3 b/lib/libc/gen/popen.3
index 0300d711144..1215be9d0c1 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/popen.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/popen.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: popen.3,v 1.12 2003/06/02 20:18:34 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: popen.3,v 1.13 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ the resulting stream is correspondingly read-only or write-only.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fa command
-argument is a pointer to a null-terminated
+argument is a pointer to a NUL-terminated
 string containing a shell command line.
 This command is passed to
 .Pa /bin/sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ using the
 flag; interpretation, if any, is performed by the shell.
 The
 .Fa type
-argument is a pointer to a null-terminated
+argument is a pointer to a NUL-terminated
 string which must be either
 .Qq r
 for reading
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/readpassphrase.3 b/lib/libc/gen/readpassphrase.3
index 029fa07fa86..f078d0abdfb 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/readpassphrase.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/readpassphrase.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: readpassphrase.3,v 1.14 2004/04/16 10:48:39 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: readpassphrase.3,v 1.15 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2000, 2002 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
 .\"
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ space.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 Upon successful completion,
 .Fn readpassphrase
-returns a pointer to the null-terminated passphrase.
+returns a pointer to the NUL-terminated passphrase.
 If an error is encountered, the terminal state is restored and
 a null pointer is returned.
 .Sh FILES
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3 b/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3
index 96b0ae10db6..ff459273c22 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ttyname.3,v 1.14 2003/06/02 20:18:35 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ttyname.3,v 1.15 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ functions get the related device name of a file descriptor for which
 is true.
 The
 .Fn ttyname_r
-function stores the null-terminated
+function stores the NUL-terminated
 pathname of the terminal associated with
 the file descriptor
 .Fa fd
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ The
 .Fn ttyname
 and
 .Fn ttyname_r
-functions return the null-terminated name if the device is found and
+functions return the NUL-terminated name if the device is found and
 .Fn isatty
 is true; otherwise
 a null pointer is returned and
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/uname.3 b/lib/libc/gen/uname.3
index fc196d1b7c7..c069b753f3c 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/uname.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/uname.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: uname.3,v 1.10 2003/06/02 20:18:35 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: uname.3,v 1.11 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1994
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn uname
-function stores null-terminated strings of information identifying
+function stores NUL-terminated strings of information identifying
 the current system into the structure referenced by
 .Fa name .
 .Pp
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/vis.3 b/lib/libc/gen/vis.3
index 67fa8b55ef2..54ed818d507 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/vis.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/vis.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: vis.3,v 1.19 2003/06/02 20:18:35 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: vis.3,v 1.20 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ a string which represents the character
 If
 .Fa c
 needs no encoding, it is copied in unaltered.
-The string is null terminated and a pointer to the end of the string is
+The string is NUL terminated and a pointer to the end of the string is
 returned.
 The maximum length of any encoding is four
 characters (not including the trailing NUL);