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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-12-21 17:25:26 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-12-21 17:25:26 +0000
commitf1ecea97fae80c9031fd0a75a34fe698e97016ce (patch)
treef772f0e70a6cb6fe70208f6ea552e75ff63b0556 /lib
parent2b9c09eae6a78aa5a432344310d543a777410693 (diff)
typo; initalizes -> intializes. Some other fixes while I'm here.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/directory.343
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
index 1256e853de7..e302ea9bf6e 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: directory.3,v 1.13 2000/04/18 03:01:25 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: directory.3,v 1.14 2000/12/21 17:25:25 aaron Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -66,15 +66,10 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn opendir
-function
-opens the directory named by
+function opens the directory named by
.Fa filename ,
-associates a directory stream
-with it
-and
-returns a pointer to be used to identify the
-directory stream
-in subsequent operations.
+associates a directory stream with it, and returns a pointer to be used
+to identify the directory stream in subsequent operations.
A null pointer is returned if
.Fa filename
cannot be accessed, or if
@@ -83,9 +78,8 @@ cannot allocate enough memory to hold the entire structure.
.Pp
The
.Fn readdir
-function
-returns a pointer to the next directory entry in the named directory
-stream
+function returns a pointer to the next directory entry in the named
+directory stream
.Fa dirp .
It returns
.Dv NULL
@@ -97,7 +91,9 @@ The
.Fn readdir_r
function (much like
.Fn readdir )
-initalizes the dirent structure referenced by
+initializes the
+.Li dirent
+structure referenced by
.Fa entry
to represent the next directory entry in the named directory stream
.Fa dirp ,
@@ -119,15 +115,13 @@ Upon reaching the end of the directory stream, this pointer shall have the value
.Pp
The
.Fn telldir
-function
-returns the current location associated with the named
+function returns the current location associated with the named
directory stream
.Fa dirp .
.Pp
The
.Fn seekdir
-function
-sets the position of the next
+function sets the position of the next
.Fn readdir
operation on the named directory stream
.Fa dirp .
@@ -154,28 +148,23 @@ and before any calls to
.Pp
The
.Fn rewinddir
-function
-resets the position of the named
-directory stream
+function resets the position of the named directory stream
.Fa dirp
to the beginning of the directory.
.Pp
The
.Fn closedir
-function
-closes the named directory stream
-and frees the structure associated with the
+function closes the named directory stream and frees the structure
+associated with the
.Fa dirp
-pointer,
-returning 0 on success.
+pointer, returning 0 on success.
On failure, \-1 is returned and the global variable
.Va errno
is set to indicate the error.
.Pp
The
.Fn dirfd
-function
-returns the integer file descriptor associated with the named
+function returns the integer file descriptor associated with the named
directory stream
.Fa dirp
(see