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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-01-06 11:08:48 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-01-06 11:08:48 +0000
commite0f2d9a633adc92193f1166a99b31046e250dde9 (patch)
tree34bc54177bcea740babe31bc2d938eed0af3eea8 /lib
parentd5781c14a83a3f1976711692f98ae6f036d660da (diff)
tweaks;
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/net/inet6_rthdr_space.334
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/inet6_rthdr_space.3 b/lib/libc/net/inet6_rthdr_space.3
index 77dbd64e3c9..4474228be00 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/inet6_rthdr_space.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/inet6_rthdr_space.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: inet6_rthdr_space.3,v 1.15 2005/01/06 03:50:46 itojun Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: inet6_rthdr_space.3,v 1.16 2005/01/06 11:08:47 jmc Exp $
.\" $KAME: inet6_rthdr_space.3,v 1.11 2005/01/05 03:00:44 itojun Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2004 WIDE Project.
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@
.Nm inet6_rthdr_getflags
.Nd IPv6 Routing Header Options Manipulation
.\"
-.Sh LIBRARY
-.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/types.h
.In netinet/in.h
@@ -78,9 +76,9 @@ The
eight functions are split into two groups, the first of which builds
the header and the second of which can parse it.
The function prototypes for these functions are all in the
-.In netinet/in.h
+.Aq Pa netinet/in.h
header.
-Although direct manipulation of a routing header is possible
+Although direct manipulation of a routing header is possible,
this set of APIs make it unnecessary and such direct manipulation
should be avoided so that changes to the underlying structures do not
break applications.
@@ -193,18 +191,18 @@ must be called once.
.Ss inet6_rthdr_reverse
This function was never implemented.
.Pp
-The following four functions provide an API for parsing a received
-routing header.
+The following three functions provide an API for parsing a received
+routing header:
.\"
.Ss inet6_rthdr_segments
The
.Fn inet6_rthdr_segments
-function returns the number of segments contained in the Routing
+function returns the number of segments contained in the routing
header pointed to by the
.Fa cmsg
argument.
On success the return value is from 1 to 23.
-When an error occurs \-1 is returned.
+When an error occurs, \-1 is returned.
.\"
.Ss inet6_rthdr_getaddr
The
@@ -220,7 +218,7 @@ An application must call
.Fn inet6_rthdr_segments
to obtain the number of segments in the routing header.
.Pp
-If an error occurs the
+If an error occurs,
.Dv NULL
is returned.
.\"
@@ -242,10 +240,13 @@ or
indicating whether loose or strict source routing was requested for
that segment.
.Pp
-When an error occurs \-1 is returned.
+When an error occurs, \-1 is returned.
.Pp
Note: Flags begin at index 0 while segments begin at index 1, to
-maintain consistency with the terminology and figures in RFC2460.
+maintain consistency with the terminology and figures in RFC 2460.
+.\"
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+RFC 2292 gives comprehensive examples in chapter 8.
.\"
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
The
@@ -270,24 +271,21 @@ The
.Fn inet6_rthdr_segments
and
.Fn inet6_rthdr_getflags
-functions return -1 on error.
-.\"
-.Sh EXAMPLES
-RFC2292 gives comprehensive examples in chapter 8.
+functions return \-1 on error.
.\"
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Rs
.%A W. Stevens
.%A M. Thomas
.%T "Advanced Sockets API for IPv6"
-.%N RFC2292
+.%N RFC 2292
.%D February 1998
.Re
.Rs
.%A S. Deering
.%A R. Hinden
.%T "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"
-.%N RFC2460
+.%N RFC 2460
.%D December 1998
.Re
.\"