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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2010-04-01 17:06:56 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2010-04-01 17:06:56 +0000 |
commit | 9698d2b8e3176084d4d635d12f1e2fdd725ef5c1 (patch) | |
tree | f63ea23a1c5f801ecbb215234160ada4dc8bef52 /lib/libc/gen | |
parent | 8af4a82e8387c83fb0949f0f1c8a9ab7ce9120e7 (diff) |
WARNINGS -> CAVEATS, and a little neccessary cleanup;
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/dirname.3 | 26 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/dirname.3 b/lib/libc/gen/dirname.3 index d26593f24d1..214943c45a9 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/dirname.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/dirname.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: dirname.3,v 1.17 2007/05/31 19:19:28 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: dirname.3,v 1.18 2010/04/01 17:06:55 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com> .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 1 2010 $ .Dt DIRNAME 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -63,17 +63,6 @@ The following error codes may be set in The path component to be returned was larger than .Dv MAXPATHLEN . .El -.Sh WARNINGS -.Fn dirname -returns a pointer to internal static storage space that will be overwritten -by subsequent calls (each function has its own separate storage). -.Pp -Other vendor implementations of -.Fn dirname -may modify the contents of the string passed to -.Fn dirname ; -this should be taken into account when writing code which calls this function -if portability is desired. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr basename 1 , .Xr dirname 1 , @@ -90,3 +79,14 @@ function first appeared in .Ox 2.2 . .Sh AUTHORS .An Todd C. Miller +.Sh CAVEATS +.Fn dirname +returns a pointer to internal static storage space that will be overwritten +by subsequent calls (each function has its own separate storage). +.Pp +Other vendor implementations of +.Fn dirname +may modify the contents of the string passed to +.Fn dirname ; +this should be taken into account when writing code which calls this function +if portability is desired. |